The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ...A. Phelps, 1826 - 312 страница |
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... increase their num- bers : and that they often become altogether extinct . 20. In the back settlements of North America , the souls in the various half - starved savage tribes , do not exceed twenty thousand ; while , on an equal space ...
... increase their num- bers : and that they often become altogether extinct . 20. In the back settlements of North America , the souls in the various half - starved savage tribes , do not exceed twenty thousand ; while , on an equal space ...
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... increased in size and convenience . 102. To make artificial and equally - shaped stones , by burning clay into bricks , was a further invention of great importance ; because , it afforded for building an BUILDING . 23.
... increased in size and convenience . 102. To make artificial and equally - shaped stones , by burning clay into bricks , was a further invention of great importance ; because , it afforded for building an BUILDING . 23.
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... increasing in number , and advancing in the scale of respectability and importance . In naval architecture the Americans ... increase , and the time will probably arrive when it will be second to that of no nation upon earth . A SHIP . A ...
... increasing in number , and advancing in the scale of respectability and importance . In naval architecture the Americans ... increase , and the time will probably arrive when it will be second to that of no nation upon earth . A SHIP . A ...
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... by five is equal to 500 multi- plied by one . 184. This increase of motion in the arm is effected by the lever ; because the motion of one end is in the same proportion to the motion of the other , as MECHANICAL POWERS . 55.
... by five is equal to 500 multi- plied by one . 184. This increase of motion in the arm is effected by the lever ; because the motion of one end is in the same proportion to the motion of the other , as MECHANICAL POWERS . 55.
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... increase it six times . 187. A force applied to the circumference of a large wheel , as water , wind , and the feet , or strength of men and horses , gains power in the proportion of the diam- eter of the wheel to the axle . If a water ...
... increase it six times . 187. A force applied to the circumference of a large wheel , as water , wind , and the feet , or strength of men and horses , gains power in the proportion of the diam- eter of the wheel to the axle . If a water ...
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