The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Tom 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 |
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... column . See ARCHITECTURE . ABACUS , among ancient mathematicians , was a table strewed over with dust , or sand , on which they drew their figures or schemes . ABACUS , in arithmetic , an instrument for facilitating operations by means ...
... column . See ARCHITECTURE . ABACUS , among ancient mathematicians , was a table strewed over with dust , or sand , on which they drew their figures or schemes . ABACUS , in arithmetic , an instrument for facilitating operations by means ...
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... column of air , the equilibrium will be main- tained by the putrid air from the bottom of the tube , which being thus drawn out , will be succeeded by a supply of fresh air from the other parts of the ship ; and by conti- nuing the ...
... column of air , the equilibrium will be main- tained by the putrid air from the bottom of the tube , which being thus drawn out , will be succeeded by a supply of fresh air from the other parts of the ship ; and by conti- nuing the ...
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... columns of air pressing at the bottom and at the top ; and of course so much the greater will be their effect . See VENTILATOR . AIR - vessel , in hydraulics , is a name given to those metalline cylinders , which are placed between the ...
... columns of air pressing at the bottom and at the top ; and of course so much the greater will be their effect . See VENTILATOR . AIR - vessel , in hydraulics , is a name given to those metalline cylinders , which are placed between the ...
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... column . These cartilages impart a great elasticity to the spine ; by which the effects of concussion from jumping , from falls , & c . are weakened , and destroyed , be- fore they can be propagated to the head . When the body has been ...
... column . These cartilages impart a great elasticity to the spine ; by which the effects of concussion from jumping , from falls , & c . are weakened , and destroyed , be- fore they can be propagated to the head . When the body has been ...
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... column . The vertebræ are divided into three clas- ses , according to their situation : the seven upper ones are called cervical : of these , the first , that immediately supports the head , is called the atlas ; and the second , from a ...
... column . The vertebræ are divided into three clas- ses , according to their situation : the seven upper ones are called cervical : of these , the first , that immediately supports the head , is called the atlas ; and the second , from a ...
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