Anthologia Hibernica: Or, Monthly Collections of Science, Belles-lettres, and History ..., Volume 3R. E. Mercier, and Company, 1794 |
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... less than three games at put run- ning , to the conjuring horfe , who made his appearance fome time fince in this metropolis , and yet that horfe was but a poney . But in whatever other inftances we may be equalled , or even excelled ...
... less than three games at put run- ning , to the conjuring horfe , who made his appearance fome time fince in this metropolis , and yet that horfe was but a poney . But in whatever other inftances we may be equalled , or even excelled ...
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... less their tyrants : and that strength which was given us for their defence , is abused when thereby we en- flave them ; and to banish from fociety , its sweetest charm , that part of the hu- man fpecies which is most proper to animate ...
... less their tyrants : and that strength which was given us for their defence , is abused when thereby we en- flave them ; and to banish from fociety , its sweetest charm , that part of the hu- man fpecies which is most proper to animate ...
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... less than that of the reflective body ; whence light is more strongly reflected from the lower furface of glafs , when in contact with air , than water , and ftronger again when in contact to a vacuum than air ; also if a tranfparent ...
... less than that of the reflective body ; whence light is more strongly reflected from the lower furface of glafs , when in contact with air , than water , and ftronger again when in contact to a vacuum than air ; also if a tranfparent ...
Page 129
... on that fide will be less able to overturn the wall . But the following problems will more fully explain the theory of walls from the - above hypothefis . R & Preb . Prob . ft . To find the base of the FOR FEBRUARY 1794 . 129.
... on that fide will be less able to overturn the wall . But the following problems will more fully explain the theory of walls from the - above hypothefis . R & Preb . Prob . ft . To find the base of the FOR FEBRUARY 1794 . 129.
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... less than at F or C , caufing thereby the fenfation of the image to be di- minifhed from the object , in triplicate proportion inverfely as the cone m F n is to the cone PFG . To conftruct this reflection , let A B ( fig . 47 ) be the ...
... less than at F or C , caufing thereby the fenfation of the image to be di- minifhed from the object , in triplicate proportion inverfely as the cone m F n is to the cone PFG . To conftruct this reflection , let A B ( fig . 47 ) be the ...
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