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, Том 1Francis Lieber Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1836 |
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... feet broad , and an eastern , a mile or a mile and a half broad , and from 24 to 33 fathoms deep . On the north - west lies the city , defended by fort San Diego , situated on an eminence . It has not more than 4000 inhabitants , mostly ...
... feet broad , and an eastern , a mile or a mile and a half broad , and from 24 to 33 fathoms deep . On the north - west lies the city , defended by fort San Diego , situated on an eminence . It has not more than 4000 inhabitants , mostly ...
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... feet in a second . All other bodies , however , are capable of transmitting sound . It may be done perfectly , even by the solid parts of the head . If , for example , we hold the stem of a watch between the teeth , and cover the.
... feet in a second . All other bodies , however , are capable of transmitting sound . It may be done perfectly , even by the solid parts of the head . If , for example , we hold the stem of a watch between the teeth , and cover the.
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... feet . VOL . I. 4 3 37 greater velocity than another , these rela- tions would differ at different distances , or be confounded , except at a single given point . Nay , further ; melody , which is a succession of single sounds , would ...
... feet . VOL . I. 4 3 37 greater velocity than another , these rela- tions would differ at different distances , or be confounded , except at a single given point . Nay , further ; melody , which is a succession of single sounds , would ...
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... feet was traversed by the sound . At the period of the experiment which gave the first of these results , there was a calm ; during the second , the wind was light ; during the third , a strong wind was blow- ing . The velocity per ...
... feet was traversed by the sound . At the period of the experiment which gave the first of these results , there was a calm ; during the second , the wind was light ; during the third , a strong wind was blow- ing . The velocity per ...
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... feet high , and consist of a remarkable kind of ferruginous sand - stone . Rain and snow , filling the cavities of the sur- face during the winter , form collections of water , which gradually filters through the rocks , and produces ...
... feet high , and consist of a remarkable kind of ferruginous sand - stone . Rain and snow , filling the cavities of the sur- face during the winter , form collections of water , which gradually filters through the rocks , and produces ...
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