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there cannot be given general rules, it is<lb/> | there cannot be given general rules, it is<lb/> | ||
always supposed to be that at which you<lb/> | always supposed to be that at which you<lb/> | ||
can discover the <add>want of</add> coincidence <add>if | can discover the <add>want of</add> coincidence <add>if any such <gap/> be</add> the best <note>Left of Equality</note><lb/> | ||
difference of power of sight makes | difference of power of sight makes unassidable<lb/> | ||
donor, but as all are sensible<lb/> | donor, but as all are <unclear>sensible</unclear><lb/> | ||
of that when it makes any material<lb/> | of that when it makes any material<lb/> | ||
difference when great accuracy is required<lb/> | difference when great accuracy is required<lb/> | ||
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The least number of influencing circumstances always wherein<lb/> | The least number of influencing circumstances always wherein<lb/> | ||
when similarity is to be defined. Coincidence for standard, & right line for<lb/> | when similarity is to be defined. Coincidence for standard, & right line for<lb/> | ||
mode of application<lb/> | |||
—<lb/> | —<lb/> | ||
taken distance are to be measured, a <del>li</del> right line<lb/> | taken distance are to be measured, a <del>li</del> right line<lb/> | ||
which cannot be well attended to for which
there cannot be given general rules, it is
always supposed to be that at which you
can discover the want of coincidence if any such be the best Left of Equality
difference of power of sight makes unassidable
donor, but as all are sensible
of that when it makes any material
difference when great accuracy is required
various are the inventions to remedy
this insjufiction.
Superposition|contact|Coincidence|
is the only determinate me was the most Superposition
& Coincidence
the only one.
simple & accurate means of discovering
similarity or dissimilarity, and has therefore
been established as the only satisfactory Equilibrium [equality
of might] of one ruler
laying on the edge of
another discovered by
coincidence with a
horizontal line real
or imaginary
means.[+] We are never said to be certain
of such equalit simil equality till this
operation is somehow or other performed.
—
The least number of influencing circumstances always wherein
when similarity is to be defined. Coincidence for standard, & right line for
mode of application
—
taken distance are to be measured, a li right line
suggested itself as the course the operator was to take
on this account. had any other been taken a description
must have been given of it it was found to be an
influencing circumstance. it was that course which
a man would naturally take in going from one
object to another. the line by which a distance is
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sir samuel bentham |
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