The Columbian Cyclopedia, Volume 18Garretson, Cox, 1897 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... caused many of the coastguard stations to be supplied with the apparatus 1834. Carte's apparatus , 1842 , depended on the use of a Congreve rocket ( see ROCKET ) instead of an ordinary sky - rocket . It does not appear that this ap ...
... caused many of the coastguard stations to be supplied with the apparatus 1834. Carte's apparatus , 1842 , depended on the use of a Congreve rocket ( see ROCKET ) instead of an ordinary sky - rocket . It does not appear that this ap ...
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... causes the loops to run down the stick to the thick end : this action has an effect like that of a spring , preventing the stick from darting forward so suddenly as to snap the line . The apparatus will send an arrow of 18 oz . to a ...
... causes the loops to run down the stick to the thick end : this action has an effect like that of a spring , preventing the stick from darting forward so suddenly as to snap the line . The apparatus will send an arrow of 18 oz . to a ...
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... cause them to deviate in their course . The UNDULATORY THE- ORY ( q.v. ) assumes that L. is propagated by the vibrations of an imponderable matter termed Ether ( q.v. ) . On this view , L. is somewhat similar to sound ( see INTER ...
... cause them to deviate in their course . The UNDULATORY THE- ORY ( q.v. ) assumes that L. is propagated by the vibrations of an imponderable matter termed Ether ( q.v. ) . On this view , L. is somewhat similar to sound ( see INTER ...
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... cause a nuisance . LIGHTEN , v . lit'n [ Goth . liuhath , light : Ger . licht , light ; leuchten , to lighten ( see LIGHT 1 ) ] : to fill with light ; to shine like lightning ; to flash , as lightning ; to illuminate . LIGHTENING , imp ...
... cause a nuisance . LIGHTEN , v . lit'n [ Goth . liuhath , light : Ger . licht , light ; leuchten , to lighten ( see LIGHT 1 ) ] : to fill with light ; to shine like lightning ; to flash , as lightning ; to illuminate . LIGHTENING , imp ...
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... causing unequal sectors of a spherical mirror to revolve between the flame , and a fixed dioptric ap- paratus ( such as that shown in figs . 3 and 4 ) . The power of the light is increased by the action of the spherical mirror , which ...
... causing unequal sectors of a spherical mirror to revolve between the flame , and a fixed dioptric ap- paratus ( such as that shown in figs . 3 and 4 ) . The power of the light is increased by the action of the spherical mirror , which ...
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