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Page 166
If the author means that vessels of equal burthen , and with . out any inequality in
their length which might occasion a variation , will have to displace and force
through unequal quantities of water in proportion to the difference of their own ...
If the author means that vessels of equal burthen , and with . out any inequality in
their length which might occasion a variation , will have to displace and force
through unequal quantities of water in proportion to the difference of their own ...
Page 226
To opticians of the old school , this term will not explain itself : but it may be thus
rendered intelligible : -- suppose , with the hypothesis of the undulatory propaw
gation of light ; equal waves of light to arrive at a certain point , and there to meet
...
To opticians of the old school , this term will not explain itself : but it may be thus
rendered intelligible : -- suppose , with the hypothesis of the undulatory propaw
gation of light ; equal waves of light to arrive at a certain point , and there to meet
...
Page 313
The archonship for three centuries was a perpetual and hereditary magistracy . In
754 A.C. this office became decennial . In 684 the archons were annually elected
, and were nine in number , with equal authority . Under all these changes , the ...
The archonship for three centuries was a perpetual and hereditary magistracy . In
754 A.C. this office became decennial . In 684 the archons were annually elected
, and were nine in number , with equal authority . Under all these changes , the ...
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