The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, Volume 6H.G. Allen, 1888 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... equal breadth ; but , in the higher latitudes , they contract so much that it was deemed enough to reckon them by their doubles , answering consequently to intervals of half an hour in the extension of the longest day . To compute them ...
... equal breadth ; but , in the higher latitudes , they contract so much that it was deemed enough to reckon them by their doubles , answering consequently to intervals of half an hour in the extension of the longest day . To compute them ...
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... equal to its own sectional area is , when falling obliquely on the earth , spread over a surface which becomes larger in in- verse proportion to the sine of the obliquity . Conse- quently less and less heat continues to be received from ...
... equal to its own sectional area is , when falling obliquely on the earth , spread over a surface which becomes larger in in- verse proportion to the sine of the obliquity . Conse- quently less and less heat continues to be received from ...
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... pallet arbor , and the edge of the spring as close to the end of that arbor as possible - a point too frequently neglected . cap and nearly equal circular ares of the same pendulum. FIG . 1. - Section of House Clock . CLO - CLO 13.
... pallet arbor , and the edge of the spring as close to the end of that arbor as possible - a point too frequently neglected . cap and nearly equal circular ares of the same pendulum. FIG . 1. - Section of House Clock . CLO - CLO 13.
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... equal to twice the actual number of feet it has fallen in that second . Consequently , the length of a pendulum to beat seconds in London is 39'14 inches . But the same pendulum carried to the equator , where the force of gravity is ...
... equal to twice the actual number of feet it has fallen in that second . Consequently , the length of a pendulum to beat seconds in London is 39'14 inches . But the same pendulum carried to the equator , where the force of gravity is ...
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... equal expressiveness , l'échappement à repos , -be- cause instead of the recoil of the tooth upon the pallet , which took place in the pre- vious escapements , it falls dead upon the pallet , and reposes there until the pen- dulum ...
... equal expressiveness , l'échappement à repos , -be- cause instead of the recoil of the tooth upon the pallet , which took place in the pre- vious escapements , it falls dead upon the pallet , and reposes there until the pen- dulum ...
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