The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Τόμος 5Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 |
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... rays of the sun . At pre . sent no use is made of this salt , except for drying some of the gases by attracting their moisture ; but it might be employed instead of the nitrate of potash for manufacturing aqua fortis . The nitrate of ...
... rays of the sun . At pre . sent no use is made of this salt , except for drying some of the gases by attracting their moisture ; but it might be employed instead of the nitrate of potash for manufacturing aqua fortis . The nitrate of ...
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... rays through these six holes upon a plane ; then by moving the plane nearer to , or further from the glass , it will be found whether the six rays unite exactly together at any distance from the glass ; if they do , it is a proof of the ...
... rays through these six holes upon a plane ; then by moving the plane nearer to , or further from the glass , it will be found whether the six rays unite exactly together at any distance from the glass ; if they do , it is a proof of the ...
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... rays of light . It has been supposed that opacity consists in this , that the pores of the body are not all straight . This doc- trine , however , is deficient : for though to have a body transparent , its pores must be straight , or ...
... rays of light . It has been supposed that opacity consists in this , that the pores of the body are not all straight . This doc- trine , however , is deficient : for though to have a body transparent , its pores must be straight , or ...
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... rays of light , in their passage , are arrested by innumerable refractions and reflections , till at length falling on some solid part , they become quite extinct , and are utterly absorbed . Hence cork , paper , wood , & c . are opaque ...
... rays of light , in their passage , are arrested by innumerable refractions and reflections , till at length falling on some solid part , they become quite extinct , and are utterly absorbed . Hence cork , paper , wood , & c . are opaque ...
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... rays of light undergo in the eye ; and shows why objects appear sometimes greater , sometimes small- er , sometimes more distinct , sometimes more confused , sometimes nearer , and sometimes more remote . In this extensive significa ...
... rays of light undergo in the eye ; and shows why objects appear sometimes greater , sometimes small- er , sometimes more distinct , sometimes more confused , sometimes nearer , and sometimes more remote . In this extensive significa ...
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