The American Library of Useful Knowledge, Volume 1Stimpson and Clapp, 1831 |
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Page 82
... round the world , than that he had been to Liverpool . After Lord Anson and Captain Cook had , by order and at the expense of the British government , made their labo- rious voyages of discovery and exploration in the Pacific Ocean ...
... round the world , than that he had been to Liverpool . After Lord Anson and Captain Cook had , by order and at the expense of the British government , made their labo- rious voyages of discovery and exploration in the Pacific Ocean ...
Page 110
... round numbers , at 600,000 souls . I presume it will not be thought extrav- agant to assume , that one in six performs every day a good day's work , or its equivalent . If we allow nothing for the labor of five out of six , ( and this ...
... round numbers , at 600,000 souls . I presume it will not be thought extrav- agant to assume , that one in six performs every day a good day's work , or its equivalent . If we allow nothing for the labor of five out of six , ( and this ...
Page 147
... round a fixed point , and marking where its other end traces , so that every part of the circle is equally distant from the fixed point or centre . From this fundamental property , an infinite variety of others follow by steps of ...
... round a fixed point , and marking where its other end traces , so that every part of the circle is equally distant from the fixed point or centre . From this fundamental property , an infinite variety of others follow by steps of ...
Page 148
... round inside the string , always keeping it stretch- ed as far as possible . It is plain , that this figure is as regu- larly drawn as the circle , though it is very different from it ; and you perceive that every point of its curve ...
... round inside the string , always keeping it stretch- ed as far as possible . It is plain , that this figure is as regu- larly drawn as the circle , though it is very different from it ; and you perceive that every point of its curve ...
Page 149
... round ; but if it goes slanting , and parallel to the line of the loaf's side , the outline is a para- bola ; and if you cut in any direction not through the sides all round , but through the sides and base , and not parallel to the ...
... round ; but if it goes slanting , and parallel to the line of the loaf's side , the outline is a para- bola ; and if you cut in any direction not through the sides all round , but through the sides and base , and not parallel to the ...
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