The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Τόμος 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 |
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... motion of the heavenly bodies , pro- duced by the progressive motion of light and the earth's annual motion in her orbit . Since light proceeds always in right lines , when its motion is perfectly undisturbed , if a fine tube were ...
... motion of the heavenly bodies , pro- duced by the progressive motion of light and the earth's annual motion in her orbit . Since light proceeds always in right lines , when its motion is perfectly undisturbed , if a fine tube were ...
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... motion , will be more or less , according as that motion may be . It will be least when the planet is station- ary ; and greatest in the superior planets , when they are in opposition ; but in the in- ferior planets the aberration is ...
... motion , will be more or less , according as that motion may be . It will be least when the planet is station- ary ; and greatest in the superior planets , when they are in opposition ; but in the in- ferior planets the aberration is ...
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... motion . See GRAVITATION . ACCELERATOR . See ANATOMY . ACCENT , among grammarians , is the raising or lowering of the voice in pronounc- ing certain syllables of words . We have three kinds of accents , viz . the acute , the grave , and ...
... motion . See GRAVITATION . ACCELERATOR . See ANATOMY . ACCENT , among grammarians , is the raising or lowering of the voice in pronounc- ing certain syllables of words . We have three kinds of accents , viz . the acute , the grave , and ...
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... motion of external gross matter , propagated to the ear , and there producing that agitation of the organ by which the soul is immediately affected with the sensation of sound . Zeno says , " Hearing is produced by the air which ...
... motion of external gross matter , propagated to the ear , and there producing that agitation of the organ by which the soul is immediately affected with the sensation of sound . Zeno says , " Hearing is produced by the air which ...
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... motions , the stronger is the sound . If the tube be laid on any non - elastic substance , it deadens the sound , because it prevents the vibratory motion of the parts . The sound is increased in speaking - trumpets , if the tube be ...
... motions , the stronger is the sound . If the tube be laid on any non - elastic substance , it deadens the sound , because it prevents the vibratory motion of the parts . The sound is increased in speaking - trumpets , if the tube be ...
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