Encyclopędia 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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... keeping the particles of the rope to gether . They ought to feparate by any external force drawing the ends of the ... keep them in their state of extenfion , and recover com- pletely their original relative pofitions . Thefe are all ...
... keeping the particles of the rope to gether . They ought to feparate by any external force drawing the ends of the ... keep them in their state of extenfion , and recover com- pletely their original relative pofitions . Thefe are all ...
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... keep the particles at this distance . Chas a tendency towards A , or we may say that A attracts C. We may reprefent the magnitude of this tendency of C to- wards A , or this attraction of A , by a line Ce perpendicu- lar to AC . Again ...
... keep the particles at this distance . Chas a tendency towards A , or we may say that A attracts C. We may reprefent the magnitude of this tendency of C to- wards A , or this attraction of A , by a line Ce perpendicu- lar to AC . Again ...
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... the authority of our mathematical figure . The a change figure is an expreffion ( to affift the imagination ) of facts in na . of diftince . ture . It requires no force to keep the particles of a body in 2 their bodies ! . STR [ 5 ] STR.
... the authority of our mathematical figure . The a change figure is an expreffion ( to affift the imagination ) of facts in na . of diftince . ture . It requires no force to keep the particles of a body in 2 their bodies ! . STR [ 5 ] STR.
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... keep it fufpended . The particles therefore of the one do most certainly attract thofe of the other , and this at a distance equal to the thickness of the filk fibre . This is nearly the limit ; and it fometimes re- quires a ...
... keep it fufpended . The particles therefore of the one do most certainly attract thofe of the other , and this at a distance equal to the thickness of the filk fibre . This is nearly the limit ; and it fometimes re- quires a ...
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... keep in mind the important fact , that a beam of quadruple length , inftead of having 4th of the ftrength , has only about th ; and the philofopher should endeavour to discover the cause of this diminution , that he may give the artist ...
... keep in mind the important fact , that a beam of quadruple length , inftead of having 4th of the ftrength , has only about th ; and the philofopher should endeavour to discover the cause of this diminution , that he may give the artist ...
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affiftance againſt alfo almoſt alſo arifes artery becauſe blood body bone cafe caſe caufe cauſe coheſion compreffion confequence confiderable confifts courſe cure difeafe diſcharge diſeaſe diſtance divifion dreffings eafily emollient enemy eſpecially faid fame fays fecond fection fecured feems feparated feven feveral fhall fhips fhould fide filk firft firſt fituation fize fleet fmall fome fometimes foon force fore fpecies fracture frequently ftate ftill ftrain ftrength ftrong fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fugar fuppofed fupport furface fwelling fymptoms Guftavus hernia himſelf hydrocele incifion increaſe inflammation inftances inftrument itſelf king laft lefs ligature meaſure moft moſt muft muſcles muſt neceffary obferved occafion operation paffed patient perfon pledget poffible preffed preffure prevent purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reft Ruffia ſhips ſkin ſmall ſome ſtate ſuch Sweden tack thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion trepan tumor ufual urethra uſed veffels weft whole windward wound