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 513
... remain unchan motion is , ged . If the direction and velocity remain the fame , we perceive no circumftance in which its condition , with refpect to motion , differs . Its change of place or fitu- ation can make no difference ; for this ...
... remain unchan motion is , ged . If the direction and velocity remain the fame , we perceive no circumftance in which its condition , with refpect to motion , differs . Its change of place or fitu- ation can make no difference ; for this ...
Page 579
... remain the fame , the transference increases with the fize of the bodies ; and all the phenomena are more vivid in proportion . When the conductor is very large , the spark is very bright , and the fnap very loud . 1. This fnap alone ...
... remain the fame , the transference increases with the fize of the bodies ; and all the phenomena are more vivid in proportion . When the conductor is very large , the spark is very bright , and the fnap very loud . 1. This fnap alone ...
Page 809
... remain united , and proceed in the line CD produ- eed toward E , and their common velocity will be repre- fented by DE , equal to CD , if AD and BD reprefent- ed their initial velocities . If the bodies are claftic , they separate again ...
... remain united , and proceed in the line CD produ- eed toward E , and their common velocity will be repre- fented by DE , equal to CD , if AD and BD reprefent- ed their initial velocities . If the bodies are claftic , they separate again ...
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