British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 |
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... - ordinates M P , mp , are as the rectangles under the seg ments of the transverse axis A P XP B , App B , made by these ordinates re- spectively ; which holds equally true of the circle , where the squares of the ordi- nates THE ...
... - ordinates M P , mp , are as the rectangles under the seg ments of the transverse axis A P XP B , App B , made by these ordinates re- spectively ; which holds equally true of the circle , where the squares of the ordi- nates THE ...
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... circle , where the squares of the ordi- nates are equal to such rectangles , as be- ing mean proportionals between ... circle , as the lesser axis is to the greater , and vice versa with respect to an inscribed circle ; so that it is a ...
... circle , where the squares of the ordi- nates are equal to such rectangles , as be- ing mean proportionals between ... circle , as the lesser axis is to the greater , and vice versa with respect to an inscribed circle ; so that it is a ...
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... circle intercepted between either of these planets and the Sun being called the elongation of that planet from the Sun. But here it is to be observed , that it is only a circle which has the sun for its centre ; that the greatest ...
... circle intercepted between either of these planets and the Sun being called the elongation of that planet from the Sun. But here it is to be observed , that it is only a circle which has the sun for its centre ; that the greatest ...
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... circle , whose centre is in the cir- cumference of a greater circle ; or it is a smail orb or sphere , which , being fixed in the deferent of a planet , is carried along with it ; and yet , by its own peculiar mo- tion , carries the ...
... circle , whose centre is in the cir- cumference of a greater circle ; or it is a smail orb or sphere , which , being fixed in the deferent of a planet , is carried along with it ; and yet , by its own peculiar mo- tion , carries the ...
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... circle . In the Philosoph . Transactions , No. 218 , we have a general proposition for measuring the areas of all cycloids and epicycloids , viz . The area of any cycloid or epicycloid is to the area of the gene- rating circle , as the ...
... circle . In the Philosoph . Transactions , No. 218 , we have a general proposition for measuring the areas of all cycloids and epicycloids , viz . The area of any cycloid or epicycloid is to the area of the gene- rating circle , as the ...
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