The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... according as that motion may be . It will be least when the planet is station- ary ; and greatest in the superior planets , when they are in opposition ; but in the in- ferior planets the aberration is greatest at the time of their ...
... according as that motion may be . It will be least when the planet is station- ary ; and greatest in the superior planets , when they are in opposition ; but in the in- ferior planets the aberration is greatest at the time of their ...
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... according to the liquids which they convey , as Lacteals , or Lymphatics ; the former con- veying chyle , a milky fluid , from the intes- tines , the latter lymph , a thin pellucid liquor , from the places whence they take their origin ...
... according to the liquids which they convey , as Lacteals , or Lymphatics ; the former con- veying chyle , a milky fluid , from the intes- tines , the latter lymph , a thin pellucid liquor , from the places whence they take their origin ...
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... according to the second principle ; and , therefore , if the hearer be in that point , his ear will at the same instant be struck by all these pulses . Now it appears from experiment , that the ear of an exercised musician can alone dis ...
... according to the second principle ; and , therefore , if the hearer be in that point , his ear will at the same instant be struck by all these pulses . Now it appears from experiment , that the ear of an exercised musician can alone dis ...
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... according to the scale of Fahrenheit's thermometer , seems to ex- pand the air about one four - hundredth part ; and about 400 , or rather 435 , degrees of heat , will just double the bulk of a quan- tity of air . If , therefore , the ...
... according to the scale of Fahrenheit's thermometer , seems to ex- pand the air about one four - hundredth part ; and about 400 , or rather 435 , degrees of heat , will just double the bulk of a quan- tity of air . If , therefore , the ...
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... according as particular circumstances of dryness or mois- ture , or other considerations recommend their application . Where there is an abun- dance of flat stones , fences are frequently composed of them ; and , though not so agreeable ...
... according as particular circumstances of dryness or mois- ture , or other considerations recommend their application . Where there is an abun- dance of flat stones , fences are frequently composed of them ; and , though not so agreeable ...
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