The Quarterly Review, Volume 36William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1827 - English literature |
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... equal in weight to eight such gallons of wine , or which would contain ten such gallons of wine , was the London bushel . So that , as Mr. Adams has observed , the half- peck measure , or the eighth part of the bushel when filled with ...
... equal in weight to eight such gallons of wine , or which would contain ten such gallons of wine , was the London bushel . So that , as Mr. Adams has observed , the half- peck measure , or the eighth part of the bushel when filled with ...
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... equal to 39.13929 inches of the present day , we should have , by simple proportion , 39.13929 to 100 , as 36 to 91.978 nearly ; -the length upon the scale which would be equal to our present standard yard . Having determined the length ...
... equal to 39.13929 inches of the present day , we should have , by simple proportion , 39.13929 to 100 , as 36 to 91.978 nearly ; -the length upon the scale which would be equal to our present standard yard . Having determined the length ...
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... equal to 64 cubic inches . Now take any brass weights , ( the value being indifferent , provided that they are equal to one another , ) and weigh the cylinder in air , suspending it from the bottom of the scale - pan . Place a vessel of ...
... equal to 64 cubic inches . Now take any brass weights , ( the value being indifferent , provided that they are equal to one another , ) and weigh the cylinder in air , suspending it from the bottom of the scale - pan . Place a vessel of ...
Contents
No LXXI | 1 |
The Poetical Works of John Milton with Notes of | 29 |
Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone Founder of the United | 61 |
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