Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volumen3Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... square the circle , double the cube , & c . by find- ing two mean proportionals betwixt two right lines . Appian's chief work was entitled The Cæsarean Astro- nomy ; and was published at Ingolstadt in 1540 , de- dicated to the emperor ...
... square the circle , double the cube , & c . by find- ing two mean proportionals betwixt two right lines . Appian's chief work was entitled The Cæsarean Astro- nomy ; and was published at Ingolstadt in 1540 , de- dicated to the emperor ...
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... square of his distance increases , so that the product of the angular velocity multiplied into the square of the distance is a constant quantity . But this law is so important that it will be necessary to be more particular . The ...
... square of his distance increases , so that the product of the angular velocity multiplied into the square of the distance is a constant quantity . But this law is so important that it will be necessary to be more particular . The ...
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... square of her distance from the earth . The eccentricity of the elliptic orbit of the moon , has been ascertained to amount to 0.0550368 , ( the mean distance of the earth being represented by unity ) ; or the greater axis is to the ...
... square of her distance from the earth . The eccentricity of the elliptic orbit of the moon , has been ascertained to amount to 0.0550368 , ( the mean distance of the earth being represented by unity ) ; or the greater axis is to the ...
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... square of AE being 1 , the square of AC will be 65 , whose square root is 8,062 , which expresses the 3 on them . fore Lo LO : Lr : LM , or Lo LO is the radius of the moon , and L r or on is the observed distance of the mountain's ...
... square of AE being 1 , the square of AC will be 65 , whose square root is 8,062 , which expresses the 3 on them . fore Lo LO : Lr : LM , or Lo LO is the radius of the moon , and L r or on is the observed distance of the mountain's ...
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... square of the diameter of the base of the field of view , to the square of the diameter 2 3 of the of the great cone , the height of both being the same ; Appare and the stars in each cone being in the ratio of the so- Mations lidity ...
... square of the diameter of the base of the field of view , to the square of the diameter 2 3 of the of the great cone , the height of both being the same ; Appare and the stars in each cone being in the ratio of the so- Mations lidity ...
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Página 59 - Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Gemini the Twins, Cancer the Crab, Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, Libra the Balance, Scorpio the Scorpion, Sagittarius the Archer, Capricornus the Goat, Aquarius the Waterbearer, and Pisces the Fishes...
Página 396 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Página 366 - This credit was called bank money, which, as it represented money exactly according to the standard of the mint, was always of the same real value, and intrinsically worth more than current money.
Página 215 - ... to be said in his favour. Upon judgment therefore of death, and not before, the attainder of a criminal commences: or upon such circumstances as are equivalent to judgment of death ; as judgment of outlawry on a capital crime, pronounced for absconding or fleeing from justice, which tacitly confesses the guilt. And therefore either upon judgment of outlawry, or of death, for treason or felony, a man shall be said to be attainted.
Página 220 - My friend " ' Pope, considering your infirmities, and my age and " ' exile, it is not likely we should ever meet again, " ' and therefore I give you this legacy to remember " ' me by. Take it home with yo.u, and let me advise "
Página 297 - Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
Página 396 - ... seised to the use of, the bargainee : and then the statute of uses completes the purchase ' ; or, as it hath been well expressed m, the bargain first vests the use, and then the statute vests the possession.
Página 222 - He has so much regard to. his congregation, that he commits to his memory what he has to say to them ; and has so soft and graceful a behaviour, that it must attract your attention. His person...
Página 218 - Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God ? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.