Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 18, Part 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... course of the investigation of the principles of our prefent inquiry into the ftrength of materials ; and we truft that our readers are not difpleafed with this general sketch of the doctrine ( if it may be fo called ) of the co- hefion ...
... course of the investigation of the principles of our prefent inquiry into the ftrength of materials ; and we truft that our readers are not difpleafed with this general sketch of the doctrine ( if it may be fo called ) of the co- hefion ...
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... course of his algebraic analyfis ; and he boldly adopts it as a principle , without looking for its foundation in the phyfical affumptions which he had made in the beginning of his inveftigation . But fome of his original affumptions ...
... course of his algebraic analyfis ; and he boldly adopts it as a principle , without looking for its foundation in the phyfical affumptions which he had made in the beginning of his inveftigation . But fome of his original affumptions ...
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... course of a few minutes.- Column 4th is the inches which it bent down before breaking . Column 5th is the time at which it broke . I 2 3 4 5 $ 60 5350 3,5 29 7 00 2:56 5275 4,5 22 8 2.63 $ 68 68 4600 3,75 2634500 15 4,7 13 9 . { $ 77 ...
... course of a few minutes.- Column 4th is the inches which it bent down before breaking . Column 5th is the time at which it broke . I 2 3 4 5 $ 60 5350 3,5 29 7 00 2:56 5275 4,5 22 8 2.63 $ 68 68 4600 3,75 2634500 15 4,7 13 9 . { $ 77 ...
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... course of drying or feasoning ; , and therefore , in order to fecure uniformity , his trees were all felled in the fame season of the year , were fquared the day after , and tried the third day . Trying them in this green ftate gave him ...
... course of drying or feasoning ; , and therefore , in order to fecure uniformity , his trees were all felled in the fame season of the year , were fquared the day after , and tried the third day . Trying them in this green ftate gave him ...
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... course of this article ) , the plough has been introduced of late years , and in fome few cafes to great ad- vantage ; but it is not every foil or fituation that will admit the use of the plough ; fome lands being much too tony , and ...
... course of this article ) , the plough has been introduced of late years , and in fome few cafes to great ad- vantage ; but it is not every foil or fituation that will admit the use of the plough ; fome lands being much too tony , and ...
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