The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 5 |
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... fixed in some Easter or Michaelmas term , by a jury returned from the county where the cause of action arises ; but with this proviso , nisi prius justiciarii ad assisas capiendus venerint : that is , unless before the day prefixed ...
... fixed in some Easter or Michaelmas term , by a jury returned from the county where the cause of action arises ; but with this proviso , nisi prius justiciarii ad assisas capiendus venerint : that is , unless before the day prefixed ...
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... fixed upon the same lines of an object seen through the telescope . OBJECTIVE line , in perspective , is any line drawn on the geometrical plane , whose representation is sought for in a draught or picture : and the objective plane is ...
... fixed upon the same lines of an object seen through the telescope . OBJECTIVE line , in perspective , is any line drawn on the geometrical plane , whose representation is sought for in a draught or picture : and the objective plane is ...
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... fixed in the plane of the meridian , he began to verify his catalogue of the fixed stars , which had hitherto depended altogether on the dis- tances measured with the sextant , after a new and very different manner , viz . by tak ing ...
... fixed in the plane of the meridian , he began to verify his catalogue of the fixed stars , which had hitherto depended altogether on the dis- tances measured with the sextant , after a new and very different manner , viz . by tak ing ...
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... fixed to the middle of the arch at D. Let this radius be applied to the side of an axis , H FI , and be moveable about a joint fixed to it at F , so that the plane of the sector may be always parallel to the axis , HI , which being ...
... fixed to the middle of the arch at D. Let this radius be applied to the side of an axis , H FI , and be moveable about a joint fixed to it at F , so that the plane of the sector may be always parallel to the axis , HI , which being ...
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... fixed , shall take in both the stars in their passage , by the plane of it , provided the difference of their declinations does not exceed the arch , A B. Then , having fixed the plane of the sector a little to the westward of both the ...
... fixed , shall take in both the stars in their passage , by the plane of it , provided the difference of their declinations does not exceed the arch , A B. Then , having fixed the plane of the sector a little to the westward of both the ...
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