Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time ; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography ; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon, Volum 1Francis Lieber Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1836 |
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Pàgina 10
... tion of the earth , ) which take place at the same time . The spectator sees the star in its true place only when he is either approaching it , or receding from it , in a straight line . When moving in any other direction , the star ...
... tion of the earth , ) which take place at the same time . The spectator sees the star in its true place only when he is either approaching it , or receding from it , in a straight line . When moving in any other direction , the star ...
Pàgina 27
... tion to the difficulties arising from an imperfect nomenclature , as above re- marked , there is an intrinsic difficulty in the extreme delicacy of the distinctions of tone , pitch and inflections in language , and the want of an ...
... tion to the difficulties arising from an imperfect nomenclature , as above re- marked , there is an intrinsic difficulty in the extreme delicacy of the distinctions of tone , pitch and inflections in language , and the want of an ...
Pàgina 35
... tion of this motion , its qualities and trans- mission , forms the science of acoustics . Philosophers make a distinction between sound and noise : thus those actions which are confined to a single shock up- on the ear , or a set of ...
... tion of this motion , its qualities and trans- mission , forms the science of acoustics . Philosophers make a distinction between sound and noise : thus those actions which are confined to a single shock up- on the ear , or a set of ...
Pàgina 38
... tion , but , likewise , that the same rela- tion subsists between the length of pipes and their notes , and that sound was trans- mitted by the atmosphere . This consti- tuted the sum of ancient learning in this branch of science ...
... tion , but , likewise , that the same rela- tion subsists between the length of pipes and their notes , and that sound was trans- mitted by the atmosphere . This consti- tuted the sum of ancient learning in this branch of science ...
Pàgina 41
... tion , A. was removed from the helm of the Neapolitan government . He died in 1808 , hated and despised by all parties . ACTON , Joseph , prime minister of Na- ples , was born in 1737 , of Irish parents , who had settled in Besançon ...
... tion , A. was removed from the helm of the Neapolitan government . He died in 1808 , hated and despised by all parties . ACTON , Joseph , prime minister of Na- ples , was born in 1737 , of Irish parents , who had settled in Besançon ...
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