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 485
... whose distance is required ; at A , at C , at E , and at 3 , are to be fixed fpeculums , properly fra- med and fitted , that at 3 having only its lower part quickfilvered , the upper part being left tranfparent to view the object ; the ...
... whose distance is required ; at A , at C , at E , and at 3 , are to be fixed fpeculums , properly fra- med and fitted , that at 3 having only its lower part quickfilvered , the upper part being left tranfparent to view the object ; the ...
Page 639
... whose nature is defined or expreffed by an exponential equation ; as the curve denoted by a = y , or by xx = y . EXPONENTIAL Equation , is one in which is contain- ed an exponential quantity : as the equation ab , or ** = ab , & c ...
... whose nature is defined or expreffed by an exponential equation ; as the curve denoted by a = y , or by xx = y . EXPONENTIAL Equation , is one in which is contain- ed an exponential quantity : as the equation ab , or ** = ab , & c ...
Page 687
... whose thickness did not exceed the 900th of an inch , was coated on one fide in a circle of 1 inch diameter . The electrometer was removed , and the coated fide of the talc was put into clofe con- tact with the flip of tinfoil on the ...
... whose thickness did not exceed the 900th of an inch , was coated on one fide in a circle of 1 inch diameter . The electrometer was removed , and the coated fide of the talc was put into clofe con- tact with the flip of tinfoil on the ...
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