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... Closed Plane Curves intersect an even number of times . By Professor Tait , . On the Distribution of Volcanic Debris over the Floor of the Ocean , -its Character , Source , and some of the Products of its Disintegra- tion and ...
... Closed Plane Curves intersect an even number of times . By Professor Tait , . On the Distribution of Volcanic Debris over the Floor of the Ocean , -its Character , Source , and some of the Products of its Disintegra- tion and ...
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... closed plane curve round any axis in its plane not cutting it . A " tore , " following French usage , is a ring generated by the revolution of a circle round any line in its plane not cutting it . Any simple on a circular cylinder . Let ...
... closed plane curve round any axis in its plane not cutting it . A " tore , " following French usage , is a ring generated by the revolution of a circle round any line in its plane not cutting it . Any simple on a circular cylinder . Let ...
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... closed helix ; let r denote the radius of the cross section of the ideal toroid on the surface of which the helix ... closed axis of a toroid is a line through its substance passing somewhat approximately through the centres of gravity ...
... closed helix ; let r denote the radius of the cross section of the ideal toroid on the surface of which the helix ... closed axis of a toroid is a line through its substance passing somewhat approximately through the centres of gravity ...
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... closed gal- * The first of these was given in ? 58 of my paper on vortex motion . It has since become known far and wide by being seen on the back of the " Unseen Universe . " vanic circuit , or galvanic circuits , of the same 66 ...
... closed gal- * The first of these was given in ? 58 of my paper on vortex motion . It has since become known far and wide by being seen on the back of the " Unseen Universe . " vanic circuit , or galvanic circuits , of the same 66 ...
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... closed curve , being of course wholly without a vortex . 23. Definition III . — A closed section of a vortex is any sectioL of its core cutting normally the axial line through every point of it . Divide any closed section of a vortex ...
... closed curve , being of course wholly without a vortex . 23. Definition III . — A closed section of a vortex is any sectioL of its core cutting normally the axial line through every point of it . Divide any closed section of a vortex ...
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