The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 1, Volume 21Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... called prolate ; and when round the shortest , oblate . This last is the figure of the earth , and probably of all the planets . To obtain the solid dimensions of a spheroid , multiply continually together the fixed axis , the square of ...
... called prolate ; and when round the shortest , oblate . This last is the figure of the earth , and probably of all the planets . To obtain the solid dimensions of a spheroid , multiply continually together the fixed axis , the square of ...
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... called summers , which bear on the sides . On the table is raised two little prominences or bridges , wherein are placed so many pins as there are chords or strings to the instrument . It is played on by two ranges of continued keys ...
... called summers , which bear on the sides . On the table is raised two little prominences or bridges , wherein are placed so many pins as there are chords or strings to the instrument . It is played on by two ranges of continued keys ...
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... called the faller in the mules or jennies for spinning cotton , and the wire - holders fixed therein have elliptical eyes at their extre- mities , through each of which a thread is con- ducted in its passage from the rollers which draw ...
... called the faller in the mules or jennies for spinning cotton , and the wire - holders fixed therein have elliptical eyes at their extre- mities , through each of which a thread is con- ducted in its passage from the rollers which draw ...
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... called it Groenland . In 1595 it was again visited by Barentz and Cornelius , two Dutch- men , who pretended to be the original disco- verers , and called the country Spitzbergen , or Sharp Mountains , from the many sharp - pointed and ...
... called it Groenland . In 1595 it was again visited by Barentz and Cornelius , two Dutch- men , who pretended to be the original disco- verers , and called the country Spitzbergen , or Sharp Mountains , from the many sharp - pointed and ...
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... called a single splent ; but when there is another opposite to it , on the outside of the shank - bone , it is called a pegged or pinned splent . Farrier's Dictionary . SPLICING , in the sea language , is the untwist- ing the ends of ...
... called a single splent ; but when there is another opposite to it , on the outside of the shank - bone , it is called a pegged or pinned splent . Farrier's Dictionary . SPLICING , in the sea language , is the untwist- ing the ends of ...
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