Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... motion ; this is called the Aberration , and sometimes the Annual A. The Diurnal A. is a very minute displacement of a like kind due to the com- position of the velocity of light with that of the earth's rotation . When the heavenly ...
... motion ; this is called the Aberration , and sometimes the Annual A. The Diurnal A. is a very minute displacement of a like kind due to the com- position of the velocity of light with that of the earth's rotation . When the heavenly ...
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... motion is uninfluenced by the earth's magnetism . Asteism . [ Gr . ȧoreïouós . ] Witty , humorous conversation ... motions of the heavenly bodies ; their constitution and physical condition ; and their mutual actions on each other , so ...
... motion is uninfluenced by the earth's magnetism . Asteism . [ Gr . ȧoreïouós . ] Witty , humorous conversation ... motions of the heavenly bodies ; their constitution and physical condition ; and their mutual actions on each other , so ...
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... motion of the piston of a steam - engine . Back - raking a horse . The removal of hard- ened fæces by the greased hand and arm . Backs . Leather made of the strongest oxhides . Backshish , Bakshish . [ Ar . ] A gratuity . Back - sight ...
... motion of the piston of a steam - engine . Back - raking a horse . The removal of hard- ened fæces by the greased hand and arm . Backs . Leather made of the strongest oxhides . Backshish , Bakshish . [ Ar . ] A gratuity . Back - sight ...
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... motion of projectiles in a resisting medium , such as the air . Balloen . ( Naut . ) A Siamese State galley , shaped as a sea - monster , with from 140 to 200 oars . Ball - soda . ( Black - ash . ) Balluster has been corr . into ...
... motion of projectiles in a resisting medium , such as the air . Balloen . ( Naut . ) A Siamese State galley , shaped as a sea - monster , with from 140 to 200 oars . Ball - soda . ( Black - ash . ) Balluster has been corr . into ...
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... motion of the one to the other . The term is also applied to cords and other wrapping connectors . A band is some- times called an Endless B. , and is either direct , when its straight parts are parallel , or crossed ; a direct B. makes ...
... motion of the one to the other . The term is also applied to cords and other wrapping connectors . A band is some- times called an Endless B. , and is either direct , when its straight parts are parallel , or crossed ; a direct B. makes ...
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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