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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... method of trial minutely , and it feems unexceptionable . The woods were all formed into flips fit for his apparatus , and part of the flip was cut away to a parallelopiped of 4th of an inch square , and therefore 2th of a fquare inch ...
... method of trial minutely , and it feems unexceptionable . The woods were all formed into flips fit for his apparatus , and part of the flip was cut away to a parallelopiped of 4th of an inch square , and therefore 2th of a fquare inch ...
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... method forms on each beam are very apt to tear each other up . By one or other of these methods , or fome- thing fimilar , may a compound beam be formed , of any depth , which will be almoft as ftiff and strong as an entire piece . 85 ...
... method forms on each beam are very apt to tear each other up . By one or other of these methods , or fome- thing fimilar , may a compound beam be formed , of any depth , which will be almoft as ftiff and strong as an entire piece . 85 ...
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... methods of employing it . We fhall here give Strength of an abstract of Mr Buffon's experiments . Materials 111 riments on ... method , and to have recourse to the found oaks largest beams that he was able to break . The following table ...
... methods of employing it . We fhall here give Strength of an abstract of Mr Buffon's experiments . Materials 111 riments on ... method , and to have recourse to the found oaks largest beams that he was able to break . The following table ...
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... method which promises fuccefs , and thus excite others to the task ; and it will be no morti- fication to us to be deprived of the honour of being the first who thus adds to the ftock of experimental knowledge . 129 Concluding < rema ks ...
... method which promises fuccefs , and thus excite others to the task ; and it will be no morti- fication to us to be deprived of the honour of being the first who thus adds to the ftock of experimental knowledge . 129 Concluding < rema ks ...
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... method of impregnating the water with lime is not the only one which may be adopted . It is , how- ever , preferred before others , because the water clears the fooner in confequence of its being warmed by the flaking lime ; and the ...
... method of impregnating the water with lime is not the only one which may be adopted . It is , how- ever , preferred before others , because the water clears the fooner in confequence of its being warmed by the flaking lime ; and the ...
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