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John McNeill Boyd. LONDON : Printed by SPOTTISWOODE & Co. New - street Square . N.EZE E.N.E E & N E.S.E S.EZE Frigate or Sloop.
John McNeill Boyd. LONDON : Printed by SPOTTISWOODE & Co. New - street Square . N.EZE E.N.E E & N E.S.E S.EZE Frigate or Sloop.
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... square miles , taking the whole surface of the globe at 197 millions . The Pacific Ocean covers 78 millions of square miles , the Atlantic 25 , the Indian Ocean 14 , the Southern Ocean to 30 degrees 25 , the Northern Ocean 5 , and the ...
... square miles , taking the whole surface of the globe at 197 millions . The Pacific Ocean covers 78 millions of square miles , the Atlantic 25 , the Indian Ocean 14 , the Southern Ocean to 30 degrees 25 , the Northern Ocean 5 , and the ...
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... square inch of the globe's surface , equal to 15 tons on the human frame . Air expands in proportion to the di- minution of pressure , and when it is entirely extracted from a close vessel , a vacuum is formed . To compress air into ...
... square inch of the globe's surface , equal to 15 tons on the human frame . Air expands in proportion to the di- minution of pressure , and when it is entirely extracted from a close vessel , a vacuum is formed . To compress air into ...
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... square inch of the globe's surface , equal to 15 tons on the human frame . Air expands in proportion to the di- minution of pressure , and when it is entirely extracted from a close vessel , a vacuum is formed . To compress air into ...
... square inch of the globe's surface , equal to 15 tons on the human frame . Air expands in proportion to the di- minution of pressure , and when it is entirely extracted from a close vessel , a vacuum is formed . To compress air into ...
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... square foot , has come under the experiments of Mr. Smeaton . To him we are indebted for the following table , intended to show these relative proportions , and so to give an adequate conception of the force of air in motion . The first ...
... square foot , has come under the experiments of Mr. Smeaton . To him we are indebted for the following table , intended to show these relative proportions , and so to give an adequate conception of the force of air in motion . The first ...
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