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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... taken in B A , and an ordinate P M be drawn , cutting B F in N , the rectangle under the absciss A P , and the line P N will be equal to the square of the ordinate P M. Hence drawing NO pa rallel to A B , it appears that this rec tangle ...
... taken in B A , and an ordinate P M be drawn , cutting B F in N , the rectangle under the absciss A P , and the line P N will be equal to the square of the ordinate P M. Hence drawing NO pa rallel to A B , it appears that this rec tangle ...
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... taken into the possession of such ser- vant , clerk , or other person so employed , although such money , goods , bond , bill , note , banker's draft , or other valuable security , was or were no otherwise re- ceived into the possession ...
... taken into the possession of such ser- vant , clerk , or other person so employed , although such money , goods , bond , bill , note , banker's draft , or other valuable security , was or were no otherwise re- ceived into the possession ...
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... taken out of iron mines , and almost the only sort used in Eng- land ; it is of a brownish colour . border- ing a little on red , exceedingly hard , and in consequence difficult to pulverize . The English are the only people who have ...
... taken out of iron mines , and almost the only sort used in Eng- land ; it is of a brownish colour . border- ing a little on red , exceedingly hard , and in consequence difficult to pulverize . The English are the only people who have ...
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... taken , by way of example , of fixing a transparent blue enamel upon gold of 22 carats . The artist begins his operation by breaking his enamel into small pieces in a steel mortar , and afterwards pulverizing it in a mortar of agate ...
... taken , by way of example , of fixing a transparent blue enamel upon gold of 22 carats . The artist begins his operation by breaking his enamel into small pieces in a steel mortar , and afterwards pulverizing it in a mortar of agate ...
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... taken out by rubbing the surface with a piece of deal wood and fine sand and water . A polish is then given by a second ignition . This polish , however , is frequently insufficient , and not as perfectly uniform as the delica- cy of ...
... taken out by rubbing the surface with a piece of deal wood and fine sand and water . A polish is then given by a second ignition . This polish , however , is frequently insufficient , and not as perfectly uniform as the delica- cy of ...
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