Calcutta Review, Volume 4University of Calcutta, 1845 |
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Page 20
... references , all that can give strength to the weak , or veil the naked position of the defenceless , are sought for and read up with the force of desperation . The midnight oil is burnt by both the reading and the fast man ; by the ...
... references , all that can give strength to the weak , or veil the naked position of the defenceless , are sought for and read up with the force of desperation . The midnight oil is burnt by both the reading and the fast man ; by the ...
Page 63
... reference only to those singular excep- tions in whom the peculiarities of the class are ridiculously prominent . There have undoubtedly been triflers in mathe- matics , as well as in other pursuits ; but it is a grievous mistake to ...
... reference only to those singular excep- tions in whom the peculiarities of the class are ridiculously prominent . There have undoubtedly been triflers in mathe- matics , as well as in other pursuits ; but it is a grievous mistake to ...
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... may be fixed at the weight of such a quantity of pure or distilled water at a given temperature , as shall just fill the unit of solid content . all those habits and usages of men which have reference 70 THE TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY .
... may be fixed at the weight of such a quantity of pure or distilled water at a given temperature , as shall just fill the unit of solid content . all those habits and usages of men which have reference 70 THE TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY .
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all those habits and usages of men which have reference to num- bers . Every thing was to be numbered by tens , hundreds , thou- sands , & c . Lengths , areas , moneys , weights , periods of times , arcs of circles , every thing that ...
all those habits and usages of men which have reference to num- bers . Every thing was to be numbered by tens , hundreds , thou- sands , & c . Lengths , areas , moneys , weights , periods of times , arcs of circles , every thing that ...
Page 82
... reference to the points of the heavens . Thus an astronomical element is necessarily introduced into a trigonometrical survey ; -and accordingly in every survey it is of the greatest moment to determine with extreme precision the ...
... reference to the points of the heavens . Thus an astronomical element is necessarily introduced into a trigonometrical survey ; -and accordingly in every survey it is of the greatest moment to determine with extreme precision the ...
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