Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... coloured rays is the Chromatic A. The Circle of Chromatic A. is the smallest circle through which all the coloured rays ... colour - blind- ness . ( Dyschromatopsy . ) Ablepsy . ( Dipl . ) Wrong reading by a scribe of that which he is ...
... coloured rays is the Chromatic A. The Circle of Chromatic A. is the smallest circle through which all the coloured rays ... colour - blind- ness . ( Dyschromatopsy . ) Ablepsy . ( Dipl . ) Wrong reading by a scribe of that which he is ...
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... colours . Colours depending on the affections of the eye . If after looking steadily at a coloured window we look at a white wall , we see a ghost of the window in complementary colours ; this is an A. image of the window , and its colours ...
... colours . Colours depending on the affections of the eye . If after looking steadily at a coloured window we look at a white wall , we see a ghost of the window in complementary colours ; this is an A. image of the window , and its colours ...
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... colour . ] Not showing colour , as A. lenses , A. telescopes , etc. , in which chromatic dispersion is wholly or nearly corrected . Acicular . [ L. ǎcicăla , a small pin or needle . ] ( Bot . and Min . ) Slender and pointed . Acidimetry ...
... colour . ] Not showing colour , as A. lenses , A. telescopes , etc. , in which chromatic dispersion is wholly or nearly corrected . Acicular . [ L. ǎcicăla , a small pin or needle . ] ( Bot . and Min . ) Slender and pointed . Acidimetry ...
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... colour as may answer to the amount of air or distance between them and the spectator . Aerodynamics . [ Gr . ἀήρ , ἀέρος , air , δύναμις , power . ] The science of air currents or winds . Aerography . [ Gr . ahp , air , ypȧow , I write ...
... colour as may answer to the amount of air or distance between them and the spectator . Aerodynamics . [ Gr . ἀήρ , ἀέρος , air , δύναμις , power . ] The science of air currents or winds . Aerography . [ Gr . ahp , air , ypȧow , I write ...
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... colour . Wine of Alicante , in Spain . Alidad . [ L. L. alidada , Ar . al , the , hadât , rule . ] The index of an ... colours are applied all at once [ It . ] to the canvas , without retouching . Allegory . [ Gr . åλλnyopía , from λos ...
... colour . Wine of Alicante , in Spain . Alidad . [ L. L. alidada , Ar . al , the , hadât , rule . ] The index of an ... colours are applied all at once [ It . ] to the canvas , without retouching . Allegory . [ Gr . åλλnyopía , from λos ...
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Acanthopterygii Accipitres acid America Anat ancient applied Arch Astron axis birds bishop body called Canonical hours Celt centre century Chem circle coin colour common corr court curve denote earth Eccl Eleusinian Mysteries England English Entom escutcheon feet fish formerly French Geol Greek head heat Hence Hind Hist Horace horse Ichth inches India Indian instrument iron kind king land Latin Church light Littré Lord lower magnetic Manichæans mast Math means measure ment metal molluscs motion Music Myth name given Naut O.Fr officer Onomatop Oolite origin Ornith person piece plane plants Rhet right angles Roman rope round sail Scotland ship side sometimes spec stone substance supposed surface term tion tree vessel vide wheel wind wood word Zool