The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 20Charles Knight, 1841 |
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... tion ; his schoolfellows used to make him tell them stories , and were always most pleased with those he made out of his own head . All my stories , ' he characteristically adds , ' carried with them , I am bold to say , a useful model ...
... tion ; his schoolfellows used to make him tell them stories , and were always most pleased with those he made out of his own head . All my stories , ' he characteristically adds , ' carried with them , I am bold to say , a useful model ...
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... tion of the piece ; for if the shot were to pass closely over on rickets may be made by the condition of the general that crest with a lower elevation , it would at that place be health in each ; in the former it is unaffected or may ...
... tion of the piece ; for if the shot were to pass closely over on rickets may be made by the condition of the general that crest with a lower elevation , it would at that place be health in each ; in the former it is unaffected or may ...
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... tion of the piece is increased above the same limit , the ver- tex of the trajectory is nearer to the battery , and thus the shot is in the descending branch when it passes over the crest of the work . through a secluded but interesting ...
... tion of the piece is increased above the same limit , the ver- tex of the trajectory is nearer to the battery , and thus the shot is in the descending branch when it passes over the crest of the work . through a secluded but interesting ...
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... tion which such a ball experiences when fired with an elevation of the piece so that its trajectory becomes greatly curved , for the axis of rotation not coinciding with the direction of the path , the inequality of the air's resistance ...
... tion which such a ball experiences when fired with an elevation of the piece so that its trajectory becomes greatly curved , for the axis of rotation not coinciding with the direction of the path , the inequality of the air's resistance ...
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... tion of plants , which cannot bear so much moisture as the districts that are regularly flooded . Thus , in 1831 , the river Menam in Siam rose to an extraordinary height : the inundations reached the large orchards which for many miles ...
... tion of plants , which cannot bear so much moisture as the districts that are regularly flooded . Thus , in 1831 , the river Menam in Siam rose to an extraordinary height : the inundations reached the large orchards which for many miles ...
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