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... piece of ordnance at Amberg , on which is inscribed the year 1303. Roger Bacon , who died in 1292 , knew the properties of gunpowder ; but it does not follow that he was acquainted with its application to fire - arms . See GUNPOW- DER ...
... piece of ordnance at Amberg , on which is inscribed the year 1303. Roger Bacon , who died in 1292 , knew the properties of gunpowder ; but it does not follow that he was acquainted with its application to fire - arms . See GUNPOW- DER ...
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... piece , the rest having only twenty - nine , and February thirty : but when Cæsar reformed the year , and made other months contain thirty - one days , he did not allot them six days of nones . NORMAL , in geometry , signifies the same ...
... piece , the rest having only twenty - nine , and February thirty : but when Cæsar reformed the year , and made other months contain thirty - one days , he did not allot them six days of nones . NORMAL , in geometry , signifies the same ...
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... piece of water was probably the first mirror ; its effect was afterward imitated by metallic mirrors : hence was discovered the equality of the angles of incidence and re- flection . It was known at an early period that an oar , or ...
... piece of water was probably the first mirror ; its effect was afterward imitated by metallic mirrors : hence was discovered the equality of the angles of incidence and re- flection . It was known at an early period that an oar , or ...
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... piece of looking - glass be laid in the bottom of the vessel , the light will be reflected from it , and will be observed to suffer the same re- fraction as in coming in ; only in a contrary direction . If the water be made a little ...
... piece of looking - glass be laid in the bottom of the vessel , the light will be reflected from it , and will be observed to suffer the same re- fraction as in coming in ; only in a contrary direction . If the water be made a little ...
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... piece of money at S will appear at L. Hence also the straight oar , when partly immersed in water , will appear bent , as A C S. If the rays of light fall upon a piece of flat glass , they are refracted into a direction nearer to the ...
... piece of money at S will appear at L. Hence also the straight oar , when partly immersed in water , will appear bent , as A C S. If the rays of light fall upon a piece of flat glass , they are refracted into a direction nearer to the ...
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