The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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Page 65
... period for which the mean of a number of estimates is correct , while shorter periods are order in which the presentations were first attended to . With the movements themselves we are familiar enough , on the whole overestimated , and ...
... period for which the mean of a number of estimates is correct , while shorter periods are order in which the presentations were first attended to . With the movements themselves we are familiar enough , on the whole overestimated , and ...
Page 66
... period , we can note the number and regularity of the subdivisions . If these , however , be yet further increased , we can no longer reproduce them , though still aware that the whole period is divided into parts . But by the time we ...
... period , we can note the number and regularity of the subdivisions . If these , however , be yet further increased , we can no longer reproduce them , though still aware that the whole period is divided into parts . But by the time we ...
Page 87
... period of time . maic system was then overthrown , the theorems of Hip- There is , however , this difference , that , whereas the Ptole- parchus and Ptolemy , on the other hand , will be , as Delambre says , for ever the basis of ...
... period of time . maic system was then overthrown , the theorems of Hip- There is , however , this difference , that , whereas the Ptole- parchus and Ptolemy , on the other hand , will be , as Delambre says , for ever the basis of ...
Page 113
... period , will be best mentioned here . In thankfulness for a providential escape of the king from shipwreck Gostling , who had been of the royal party , put together some verses from the Psalms in the form of an anthem , and requested ...
... period , will be best mentioned here . In thankfulness for a providential escape of the king from shipwreck Gostling , who had been of the royal party , put together some verses from the Psalms in the form of an anthem , and requested ...
Page 144
... period exclusively in the hands of the Phoenicians , but we know that at a later time a considerable portion of the supply was carried overland through Gaul to Massilia . Whether the voyage of Pytheas had any effect in contributing to ...
... period exclusively in the hands of the Phoenicians , but we know that at a later time a considerable portion of the supply was carried overland through Gaul to Massilia . Whether the voyage of Pytheas had any effect in contributing to ...
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