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... geometry ) , 268 Figure of the Earth [ Geodesy ! Figured Base , 268 Filament [ Anther Filangiéri , 268 Filária [ Entozoa ] Filbert , 268 Filices [ Gleicheniacea ] Fillet ( in architecture ) , 269 Filter , 269 Fimbria ( zoology ) ...
... geometry ) , 268 Figure of the Earth [ Geodesy ! Figured Base , 268 Filament [ Anther Filangiéri , 268 Filária [ Entozoa ] Filbert , 268 Filices [ Gleicheniacea ] Fillet ( in architecture ) , 269 Filter , 269 Fimbria ( zoology ) ...
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... ( Geometry ) [ Ellipse ; Hyperbola ; Parabola ] Focus ( Optics ) [ Lens ; Mirror ] Fódia , 333 Foehr , or Foehrde , 333 Foeldvár [ Tolna ] Foeniculum , 333 Fœtus , 333 Foetus ( in botany ) , 335 Fóggia , 336 Foil ( in gilding ) [ Gilding ] ...
... ( Geometry ) [ Ellipse ; Hyperbola ; Parabola ] Focus ( Optics ) [ Lens ; Mirror ] Fódia , 333 Foehr , or Foehrde , 333 Foeldvár [ Tolna ] Foeniculum , 333 Fœtus , 333 Foetus ( in botany ) , 335 Fóggia , 336 Foil ( in gilding ) [ Gilding ] ...
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... geometry and experimental philosophy . This resolution , exported to other provinces . to which his father reluctantly agreed , was highly approved by those who had witnessed his extraordinary talents , and was perseveringly followed up ...
... geometry and experimental philosophy . This resolution , exported to other provinces . to which his father reluctantly agreed , was highly approved by those who had witnessed his extraordinary talents , and was perseveringly followed up ...
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... geometry , and grammar . Amidst much that is trifling and puerile , we obtain information on many subjects relating to antiquity , of which we must otherwise have been ignorant . It is divided into twenty books , which are still ex ...
... geometry , and grammar . Amidst much that is trifling and puerile , we obtain information on many subjects relating to antiquity , of which we must otherwise have been ignorant . It is divided into twenty books , which are still ex ...
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... geometry ; but the term derives its meaning from the time when geometry was by very much the most important branch of mathe- matics , and now it generally means mathematician . For instance , the French ( who make considerable use of ...
... geometry ; but the term derives its meaning from the time when geometry was by very much the most important branch of mathe- matics , and now it generally means mathematician . For instance , the French ( who make considerable use of ...
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