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... propose on this , embracing measures , weights and coins ? and in what form shall we present it to the world ? These are the questions before the committee . Some other subjects have , at different times , been proposed as VOL . VI . 2 ...
... propose on this , embracing measures , weights and coins ? and in what form shall we present it to the world ? These are the questions before the committee . Some other subjects have , at different times , been proposed as VOL . VI . 2 ...
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... proposed to substitute for the pendulum , a cylindrical rod of small diameter , in which the displacement of the centre of oscillation would be lessened . It has also been proposed to pro- long the suspending wire of the pendulum below ...
... proposed to substitute for the pendulum , a cylindrical rod of small diameter , in which the displacement of the centre of oscillation would be lessened . It has also been proposed to pro- long the suspending wire of the pendulum below ...
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... proposed , when compared with those we now use . And in the names of the subdivisions I have followed the me- trology of the ordinance of Congress of 1786 , which for their series below unit adopted the Roman numerals . For that above ...
... proposed , when compared with those we now use . And in the names of the subdivisions I have followed the me- trology of the ordinance of Congress of 1786 , which for their series below unit adopted the Roman numerals . For that above ...
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... propose that they should ascer- tain the length of the pendulum vibrating seconds in the city of London , or at the observatory of Greenwich , while we should do the same in an equi - distant parallel to the south of 45 ° , suppose in ...
... propose that they should ascer- tain the length of the pendulum vibrating seconds in the city of London , or at the observatory of Greenwich , while we should do the same in an equi - distant parallel to the south of 45 ° , suppose in ...
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... propose to relinquish the benefit of observa- tions to be made there . Her science and perfection in the arts would ... proposed , reserving to ourselves the charge of communicating to them a more perfect one , when that shall have been ...
... propose to relinquish the benefit of observa- tions to be made there . Her science and perfection in the arts would ... proposed , reserving to ourselves the charge of communicating to them a more perfect one , when that shall have been ...
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