Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopędia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, Volume 71819 |
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... quantity of this differ- ence he ingeniously found , that the ratio of the velocity of light to the velocity of the earth in its orbit , was as 10313 to 1 , or that light moves 10313 times faster than the earth moves in its orbit about ...
... quantity of this differ- ence he ingeniously found , that the ratio of the velocity of light to the velocity of the earth in its orbit , was as 10313 to 1 , or that light moves 10313 times faster than the earth moves in its orbit about ...
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... quantity of matter contained in the rays falling upon the instrument in that time , amounted to no more than the 12 hundred millionth part of a grain . In the experiment , the light was col- lected from a surface of about three square ...
... quantity of matter contained in the rays falling upon the instrument in that time , amounted to no more than the 12 hundred millionth part of a grain . In the experiment , the light was col- lected from a surface of about three square ...
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... quantity of combustible matter is considerably increased . Lov . age , mint , carraways , tansy , and many other plants have been the subject of such experiments , by being buried long in deep mines , when it has been found that they ...
... quantity of combustible matter is considerably increased . Lov . age , mint , carraways , tansy , and many other plants have been the subject of such experiments , by being buried long in deep mines , when it has been found that they ...
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... quantity of shavings of any kind of wood , as box , guaiacum , or beech , so as to fill only one - eighth of it ; as the material is apt to swell , adapt to it a large receiver , not closely luted , and heat it on a sand - bath : an ...
... quantity of shavings of any kind of wood , as box , guaiacum , or beech , so as to fill only one - eighth of it ; as the material is apt to swell , adapt to it a large receiver , not closely luted , and heat it on a sand - bath : an ...
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... quantity ( Sprat ) . 3 . ( for likely . ) Probable ; credible ( Bacon ) . 4. Likely ; in a state that gives probable ex- pectations ( Shakspeare ) . LIKE quantities , or Similar quantities , in algebra , are such as are expressed by the ...
... quantity ( Sprat ) . 3 . ( for likely . ) Probable ; credible ( Bacon ) . 4. Likely ; in a state that gives probable ex- pectations ( Shakspeare ) . LIKE quantities , or Similar quantities , in algebra , are such as are expressed by the ...
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