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The next point is, to ascertain the precision with which the learner can bisect an object with the wires of the telescope.
DECLINE OF SCIENCE IN ENGLANDCHARLES BABBAGEI arranged my napkin upon my knee, seized my knife and fork, and proceeded with most critical acumen to bisect a beefsteak.
CHARLES O'MALLEY, THE IRISH DRAGOON, VOLUME 2 (OF 2)CHARLES LEVERBy the aid of this axiom it easily follows that the diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other.
THE CONCEPT OF NATUREALFRED NORTH WHITEHEADDraw the chord a d and bisect it at o. Through o draw e f perpendicular to a d.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, NO. 787, JANUARY 31, 1891VARIOUSSouth Creek did not bisect Superior, as Don thought it might, but flowed in an arc through a southern segment of it.
AND THEN THE TOWN TOOK OFFRICHARD WILSONTwo chords of a circle, of which neither passes through the centre, cannot bisect each other.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 11, SLICE 6VARIOUSHaving given two parallel lines, to bisect on either any given segment without using a pair of compasses.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 11, SLICE 6VARIOUSEight chief streets run from river to river, and twenty-four cross-streets bisect the eight at right angles.
NORTH AMERICA, VOLUME I (OF 2)ANTHONY TROLLOPEWe must bisect as far as may be, but the division is after all to be into limbs, not parts.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 16, SLICE 8VARIOUSIn addition they learned how to bisect and trisect the angle.
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF SCIENCEWALTER LIBBYWORDS RELATED TO BISECT
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