 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1876 - 374 pages
...falls obliquely on the instrument, the outer edge of the rim towards the light is more clearly defined than the inner, while at the opposite end of the bubble the inner edge is most clearly defined. Hence there is a tendency to bring the bubble too much towards the light,... | |
 | 1876 - 370 pages
...falls obliquely on the instrument, the outer edge of the rim towards the light is more clearly defined than the inner, while at the opposite end of the bubble the inner edge is most clearly defined. Hence there is a tendency to bring the bubble too much towards the light,... | |
 | Lowis D'Aguilar Jackson - 1880 - 526 pages
...the sides of the tube becomes so prominent, that its extremities may be read, instead of the actual ends of the bubble. When light falls obliquely on...bubble, the inner edge of the rim is most clearly denned ; hence there is a tendency to bring the bubble too much towards the light, and to give the... | |
 | Lowis d'Aguilar Jackson - 1880 - 522 pages
...obliquely on the instrument, the outer edge of the rim, towards the light, is more clearly defined than the inner, while at the opposite end of the bubble,...the inner edge of the rim is most clearly defined ; hence there is a tendency to bring the bubble too much towards the light, and to give the readings... | |
 | Asiatic Society of Bengal, Asiatic Society (Kolkata, India) - 1882 - 234 pages
...light, the outer-edge of the rim at the end of the bubble towards the light is more clearly defined than the inner, while at the opposite end of the bubble the inner-edge of the rim is more clearly defined than the outer. Consequently there is a tendency to assume... | |
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... ends of the bubble. When light falls obliquely on the instrument, the outer edge of the rim, towards the light, is more clearly defined than the inner, while at the opposite end of the bubble, the inner edge of the rim is most clearly defined ; hence... 