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... nearly twenty years old . About that time ( though what was the impelling circumstance , has never transpired ) Emerson's attachment was drawn toward mathematics , with great fondness and assiduity ; and as his mind had , by this time ...
... nearly twenty years old . About that time ( though what was the impelling circumstance , has never transpired ) Emerson's attachment was drawn toward mathematics , with great fondness and assiduity ; and as his mind had , by this time ...
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... nearly alike , I feel confident that the opinions they have expressed are those which are generally entertained ; I must still , however , beg leave to differ from them . Your Correspondents dwell on the additional power to be gained by ...
... nearly alike , I feel confident that the opinions they have expressed are those which are generally entertained ; I must still , however , beg leave to differ from them . Your Correspondents dwell on the additional power to be gained by ...
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... nearly a yard vertical for a yard horizontal ) run contrary to one another , and cannot be moved by any power but gunpowder , which is put in tin canisters , and inserted in the holes bored ; to each of these canisters is attached a ...
... nearly a yard vertical for a yard horizontal ) run contrary to one another , and cannot be moved by any power but gunpowder , which is put in tin canisters , and inserted in the holes bored ; to each of these canisters is attached a ...
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... nearly white , with a reddish tinge , gray , and dove - coloured . Some of it has a fine grain ; other specimens are coarsely granular , and have a loose texture . It is not uncommon for one side of a large block to be flexible , while ...
... nearly white , with a reddish tinge , gray , and dove - coloured . Some of it has a fine grain ; other specimens are coarsely granular , and have a loose texture . It is not uncommon for one side of a large block to be flexible , while ...
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... nearly . " Mr. R. H.'s assumption is , that the areas of the two ends of a square tapering piece of timber ( or frustrum of a pyramid ) added together , and divided by 2 , will give a mean area , for ascertaining the true content . Now ...
... nearly . " Mr. R. H.'s assumption is , that the areas of the two ends of a square tapering piece of timber ( or frustrum of a pyramid ) added together , and divided by 2 , will give a mean area , for ascertaining the true content . Now ...
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