The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 5 |
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... consequently water must have at least forty times as much vacuity as solidity . The cause , therefore , why some bodies are opaque , does not consist in the want of rec- tilinear pores , pervious every way , but either in the unequal ...
... consequently water must have at least forty times as much vacuity as solidity . The cause , therefore , why some bodies are opaque , does not consist in the want of rec- tilinear pores , pervious every way , but either in the unequal ...
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... consequently the image of the whole object , which will be inverted . Thus the rays , A d , A e , Af , flowing from the point A , will converge in the space , du f , and by meeting at a , will there form the image of the point A. The ...
... consequently the image of the whole object , which will be inverted . Thus the rays , A d , A e , Af , flowing from the point A , will converge in the space , du f , and by meeting at a , will there form the image of the point A. The ...
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... Consequently , if the distance of the object , ABC ( fig . 7 ) , be equal to the distance , e B , of the focus of the glass , the rays of each pencil will be so refracted by passing through the glass , that they will go out of it ...
... Consequently , if the distance of the object , ABC ( fig . 7 ) , be equal to the distance , e B , of the focus of the glass , the rays of each pencil will be so refracted by passing through the glass , that they will go out of it ...
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... consequently the mixture is proportionable to the inter- val of those centres , i . e . to the breadth of the spectrum . If therefore the breadth can be diminished , retaining the length of the rectilinear sides , the mixture will be ...
... consequently the mixture is proportionable to the inter- val of those centres , i . e . to the breadth of the spectrum . If therefore the breadth can be diminished , retaining the length of the rectilinear sides , the mixture will be ...
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... consequently , the rays falling on the eye will now diverge more than be- fore , so as when refracted through the hu- mours not to come to their focus before they reach the retina . Spectacles are constructed on the above principles ...
... consequently , the rays falling on the eye will now diverge more than be- fore , so as when refracted through the hu- mours not to come to their focus before they reach the retina . Spectacles are constructed on the above principles ...
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