The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... diameter , is VOL . III . called the ordinate , or ordinate - applicate ' to that diameter ; and a third proportional to two conjugate diameters , is called the la- tus rectum , or parameter of that diameter which is the first of the ...
... diameter , is VOL . III . called the ordinate , or ordinate - applicate ' to that diameter ; and a third proportional to two conjugate diameters , is called the la- tus rectum , or parameter of that diameter which is the first of the ...
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... diameter is bisected in the centre C. 4. The transverse axis is the greatest , and the conjugate axis the least , of all diameters . 5. Two diameters , one of which is parallel to the tangent in the vertex of the other , are conjugate ...
... diameter is bisected in the centre C. 4. The transverse axis is the greatest , and the conjugate axis the least , of all diameters . 5. Two diameters , one of which is parallel to the tangent in the vertex of the other , are conjugate ...
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... diameter and fifteen long , it has a flanch at each end whereon to screw two covers , with stuffing boxes , a , a , in their centres , through which the spindle , B , B , of the engine passes , and being tight pack- ed with hemp round ...
... diameter and fifteen long , it has a flanch at each end whereon to screw two covers , with stuffing boxes , a , a , in their centres , through which the spindle , B , B , of the engine passes , and being tight pack- ed with hemp round ...
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... diameter , are unscrewed from the lids , hh , of the chambers , fg , and when cleaned are screwed on again : these screw covers fit perfectly tight without leather , and can be taken out , the engine cleared , and enclosed again in a ...
... diameter , are unscrewed from the lids , hh , of the chambers , fg , and when cleaned are screwed on again : these screw covers fit perfectly tight without leather , and can be taken out , the engine cleared , and enclosed again in a ...
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... diameter , through which water descends from the head to the place of its delivery to run off by an adit at S , through a fall of 34 fathoms in the whole ; that is to say , in a close pipe down the slope of a hill 200 fathoms long ...
... diameter , through which water descends from the head to the place of its delivery to run off by an adit at S , through a fall of 34 fathoms in the whole ; that is to say , in a close pipe down the slope of a hill 200 fathoms long ...
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Page 13 - The next Ulysses, measuring pace with pace; Behind him, diligently close, he sped, As closely following as the running thread The spindle follows, and displays the charms Of the fair spinster's breast, and moving arms : Graceful in motion thus his foe he plies, And treads each footstep ere the dust can rise: His glowing breath upon his shoulders plays ; Th...