British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volumen 11Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 |
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... whole history ) makes no mention of a saddle for a horse , before such time as Constans , attempting to deprive his bro- ther Constantine of the empire , made head against his army , and entering into the squadron where he himself was ...
... whole history ) makes no mention of a saddle for a horse , before such time as Constans , attempting to deprive his bro- ther Constantine of the empire , made head against his army , and entering into the squadron where he himself was ...
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... whole length : they have a bitterish but not ungrateful taste , and no smell : and as to their medicinal virtues , they are sudorific and attenuant , and should be given in decoction , or by way of diet- drink . SASH , a mark of ...
... whole length : they have a bitterish but not ungrateful taste , and no smell : and as to their medicinal virtues , they are sudorific and attenuant , and should be given in decoction , or by way of diet- drink . SASH , a mark of ...
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... whole diameter of the Earth's an- nual orbit , or by double the Earth's dis- tance from the Sun ; then the eclipses are seen to happen the latest of any , and later than before by about a quarter of an hour . Hence , therefore , it ...
... whole diameter of the Earth's an- nual orbit , or by double the Earth's dis- tance from the Sun ; then the eclipses are seen to happen the latest of any , and later than before by about a quarter of an hour . Hence , therefore , it ...
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... , and gave up his whole time to his pupils . He continued to reside among the gen- tlemen of Christ College till the year 1723 , when he took a house in Cam D bridge , and soon after married a daughter of Mr. SAU SAU.
... , and gave up his whole time to his pupils . He continued to reside among the gen- tlemen of Christ College till the year 1723 , when he took a house in Cam D bridge , and soon after married a daughter of Mr. SAU SAU.
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... whole length of the piece , the machine stops of itself , and remains immoveable , for fear , lest , having no obstacle to surmuont , the force of the water , or steam , should turn the wheel with too great rapidity , and break some ...
... whole length of the piece , the machine stops of itself , and remains immoveable , for fear , lest , having no obstacle to surmuont , the force of the water , or steam , should turn the wheel with too great rapidity , and break some ...
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Página 1 - I scarce could turn to fall upon the ground, with my head to the northward, when I felt the heat of its current plainly upon my face. We all lay flat on the ground, as if dead, till Idris told us it was blown over. The meteor, or purple haze, which I saw, was indeed passed, but the light air that still blew was of heat to threaten suffocation.
Página 5 - Of the nature of those changes which take place in the Digestion of Food. Of the Chemical Principles of the process of Tanning Leather; and of the objects that must particularly be had in view in attempts to improve that most useful art. Of the Chemical Principles of the art of making Soap ; of the art of Bleaching; of the art of Dyeing; and in general of all the Mechanical Arts, as they apply to the various branches of manufacture.
Página 25 - Hence too it follows, that the infamous and unchristian practice of withholding baptism from negro servants, lest they should thereby gain their liberty, is totally without foundation, as well as without excuse. The l«w of England acts upon general and extensive principles : it gives liberty, rightly understood, that is, protection, to a Jew, a Turk, or a Heathen...
Página 11 - It is very probable that the great stratum called the milky way, is that in which the sun is placed, though perhaps not in the very centre of its thickness.
Página 3 - The distance between two points on the surface of a sphere is the length of the minor arc of a great circle between them.
Página 19 - To this head may also be referred the practice of what is called a set-off: whereby the defendant acknowledges the justice of the plaintiff's demand on the one hand, but on the other sets up a demand of his own, to counterbalance that of the plaintiff, either in the whole or in part...