The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, Volume 15H.G. Allen, 1888 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... axis of the work , had been devised as early as 1569 , in which year one Jacques Besson published drawings of two lathes so arranged . Whether much additional beauty was obtained by thus departing from the circular sections pro- ducible ...
... axis of the work , had been devised as early as 1569 , in which year one Jacques Besson published drawings of two lathes so arranged . Whether much additional beauty was obtained by thus departing from the circular sections pro- ducible ...
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... axis of the tube . The beam of polarized light from L reflected from G passes through the lenses D slide ( fig . 7 ) two circular disks of glass are placed face to face , each containing a design radiating from the centre , and painted ...
... axis of the tube . The beam of polarized light from L reflected from G passes through the lenses D slide ( fig . 7 ) two circular disks of glass are placed face to face , each containing a design radiating from the centre , and painted ...
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... axis " of the magnet . Let us mark the points where it cuts the surface ; we may call these the " poles " of the magnet . We shall then observe that , however we suspend it , the magnet will always come to rest so that the vertical ...
... axis " of the magnet . Let us mark the points where it cuts the surface ; we may call these the " poles " of the magnet . We shall then observe that , however we suspend it , the magnet will always come to rest so that the vertical ...
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... axis of the needle now takes representation of the most general case , and what the. up a fixed position , with its north end pointing downwards ( fig . 2 ) , and if disturbed will oscillate about that position , and finally settle into ...
... axis of the needle now takes representation of the most general case , and what the. up a fixed position , with its north end pointing downwards ( fig . 2 ) , and if disturbed will oscillate about that position , and finally settle into ...
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... axis would be found to run some- law of the forces ought to be , we are not yet in a position thing like the curves ... axis of the magnet , and place it so that this plane shall be horizontal . Then at any point in this plane place a ...
... axis would be found to run some- law of the forces ought to be , we are not yet in a position thing like the curves ... axis of the magnet , and place it so that this plane shall be horizontal . Then at any point in this plane place a ...
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Page 127 - I have gone back to Greek literature with a passion quite astonishing to myself. I have never felt anything like it. I was enraptured with Italian during the six months which I gave up to it ; and I was little less pleased with Spanish. But when I went back to the Greek, I felt as if I had never known before what intellectual enjoyment was.
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