Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 484
... distance of any object on the first fuppofition , the bulk or dimenfions of fuch object mult be known , either by meafure or estimation , and the an- gle formed by lines drawn to its extremities being ta- ken by an accurate inftrument ...
... distance of any object on the first fuppofition , the bulk or dimenfions of fuch object mult be known , either by meafure or estimation , and the an- gle formed by lines drawn to its extremities being ta- ken by an accurate inftrument ...
Page 566
... distance . As we are , at prefent , only aim ing at very general notions , it is enough to recollect , that all the electric phenomena , and indeed the general analogy of nature , concur in fhewing that the intensity of both forces ...
... distance . As we are , at prefent , only aim ing at very general notions , it is enough to recollect , that all the electric phenomena , and indeed the general analogy of nature , concur in fhewing that the intensity of both forces ...
Page 802
... distance not lefs than of an inch , fufficient for fupporting the upper glafs . It requires an increase of preffure to produce the firft appearance of colour ; and when the preffure is ftill more increased , new co- lours appear in the ...
... distance not lefs than of an inch , fufficient for fupporting the upper glafs . It requires an increase of preffure to produce the firft appearance of colour ; and when the preffure is ftill more increased , new co- lours appear in the ...
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