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... appears to have been the first writer who , in his Mechanica , published in 1669 , founded an entire system of ... appear in mechanics two indepen- dent principles of equilibrium , that of the lever , or of equal and opposite momenta ...
... appears to have been the first writer who , in his Mechanica , published in 1669 , founded an entire system of ... appear in mechanics two indepen- dent principles of equilibrium , that of the lever , or of equal and opposite momenta ...
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... appears to have been the first who proposed this use of it , and who discovered that , while the height from the ground increases in arithmetical , the density of the atmosphere , and the column of mercury in the barometer , decrease in ...
... appears to have been the first who proposed this use of it , and who discovered that , while the height from the ground increases in arithmetical , the density of the atmosphere , and the column of mercury in the barometer , decrease in ...
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... appear red ; but the cinnabar strongly luminous and resplendent , and the ultra - marine of a faint obscure red . If the ... appears to have been what led Newton to study the colours produced by light passing through thin plates of any ...
... appear red ; but the cinnabar strongly luminous and resplendent , and the ultra - marine of a faint obscure red . If the ... appears to have been what led Newton to study the colours produced by light passing through thin plates of any ...
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... appears , indeed , that mechanical invention was one of the powers of his mind which began to unfold itself at a very early period . In some letters subjoined to a Memoir drawn up after his death by his nephew Conduit , it is said ...
... appears , indeed , that mechanical invention was one of the powers of his mind which began to unfold itself at a very early period . In some letters subjoined to a Memoir drawn up after his death by his nephew Conduit , it is said ...
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... appears to us , on very solid grounds . He justly remarks , indeed , that the Mahometans speak always with the ... appear very probable that he could have resided in Sicily , or been in such high favour with Roger , Edrisi . without ...
... appears to us , on very solid grounds . He justly remarks , indeed , that the Mahometans speak always with the ... appear very probable that he could have resided in Sicily , or been in such high favour with Roger , Edrisi . without ...
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