Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... passing through the centre of her side . Abaft the B. , any point within the right angle contained by this line and the line of the ship's keel in a direction opposite to her course . fore the B. , neither a B. , nor abaft the B. , nor ...
... passing through the centre of her side . Abaft the B. , any point within the right angle contained by this line and the line of the ship's keel in a direction opposite to her course . fore the B. , neither a B. , nor abaft the B. , nor ...
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... passes directly through a lens , the distance be- tween the geometrical foci of the most and the least refracted coloured rays is the Chromatic A. The Circle of Chromatic A. is the smallest circle through which all the coloured rays pass ...
... passes directly through a lens , the distance be- tween the geometrical foci of the most and the least refracted coloured rays is the Chromatic A. The Circle of Chromatic A. is the smallest circle through which all the coloured rays pass ...
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... pass in or out of the vessel containing it . Adiantum . [ Gr . ådíavrov , unwetted , à neg . , diaire , I wet . ] A gen . of ferns ; so called by the Greeks because the leaves are not readily wetted by water . The number of the spec ...
... pass in or out of the vessel containing it . Adiantum . [ Gr . ådíavrov , unwetted , à neg . , diaire , I wet . ] A gen . of ferns ; so called by the Greeks because the leaves are not readily wetted by water . The number of the spec ...
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... pass over each other , to convert a rubbing into a rolling contact . Anti - gallicans . ( Naut . ) Extra backstays . ( Stays . ) Antigraph . [ Gr . åvτiypaph , a reply , a copy . ] A copy , transcript . Anti - helix . ( Anthelix ...
... pass over each other , to convert a rubbing into a rolling contact . Anti - gallicans . ( Naut . ) Extra backstays . ( Stays . ) Antigraph . [ Gr . åvτiypaph , a reply , a copy . ] A copy , transcript . Anti - helix . ( Anthelix ...
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... Pass- over " ( 1 Cor . v . ) . Antizymic . [ Gr . åvrl , against , ( úμn , leaven . ] Preventing fermentation . Antlers . [ Cf. Fr. andouiller and entoillier , the first horns , ( ? ) ante , before , œil , eye ( vide Littré ) . ] The ...
... Pass- over " ( 1 Cor . v . ) . Antizymic . [ Gr . åvrl , against , ( úμn , leaven . ] Preventing fermentation . Antlers . [ Cf. Fr. andouiller and entoillier , the first horns , ( ? ) ante , before , œil , eye ( vide Littré ) . ] The ...
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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