 He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very angle in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honeycomb do actually meet.  The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer - Page 188edited by - 1793Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Reid - 1788 - 508 pages
...and he found, by the moft exact menfuration the fubjecT: could CHAP, iI. admit, that it is the very angle, in which the three planes in the bottom of...the cell of a honey-comb do actually meet. Shall we afk here, who taught the bee the properties of folids, and to refolve problems of maxima and minima... | |
 | Ebenezer Sibly - 1802 - 420 pages
...the moft exact menfuration which the fubjecT could admit, he afterwards found, that it is the very angle in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honey-comb do actually meet. If a honeycomb were a work of human art, every man of common -fen fe would conclude, without hefitation,... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1803 - 734 pages
...required ; and he found, by the moft- exact menfuration the fubject could admit, that it is the very angle, in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honey- comb do actually meet. Shall we afk here, who taught the bee the properties of folids, and to... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1815 - 474 pages
...angle, in whieh the three planes in the bottom of the eell of a honeyeomb do aetually meet. Shall we ask here, who taught the bee the properties of solids, and to resolve problems of maxima and minima? If a honeyeomb were a work of human art, every man of eommon sense would eonelude, without hesitation,... | |
 | 1816 - 764 pages
...the moft exaft menfuration which the fubjeft could admit, he afterwards found, that it is the very angle in which the three planes in the bottom of the...do actually meet. Shall we alk here, Who taught the bees the properties of folids. and tu refolve problems of maxima and minima ? If a honey-cortib were... | |
 | Brian Hill - 1816 - 128 pages
...inform'd he grew. mensuration which the subject could admit, he afterwards found, that it is the very angle in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honey-comb actually do meet. Shall we ask here, who taught the bees the properties of solids, and to resolve problems... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 810 pages
...the lubjcct could adroit, he afterwards found, that it is the very angle in which the three planes ia the bottom of the cell of a honey-comb do actually meet. Shall we aflc here, Who taught the bees the properties of folid>, and to rctolve problems ( 916 ) I. NS of maxima... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1822 - 322 pages
...required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very angle, in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honeycomb do actually meet. Shall we ask here, who taught the bee the properties of solids, and to resolve problems of maxima and minima?... | |
 | Thomas Hancock - 1824 - 578 pages
...angle required, and he found by the most exact mensuration the subject would admit, that it is the very angle in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honey-comb do actually meet." It has been therefore demonstrated, (as far as geometry and mathematics can show it,) thut Bees build... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1827 - 414 pages
...quired ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the " subject could admit, that it is the very angle in which the " three planes in the bottom of...cell of a honey-comb do " actually meet. " Shall we ask here who taught the bee the properties of so" lids, and to resolve problems of maxima and minima... | |
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