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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... contained in the articles here pointed out , besides others more concise , and interspersed through the work , he will be enabled to form some judgment of its utility and comparative cheapness . It is now a year since the Proprietors ...
... contained in the articles here pointed out , besides others more concise , and interspersed through the work , he will be enabled to form some judgment of its utility and comparative cheapness . It is now a year since the Proprietors ...
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... contained between a line at right angles with the keel , and that point of the compass , which is directly op- posite the ship's course . ABAS , a weight used in Persia for weigh ing pearls , being one - eighth part lighter than the ...
... contained between a line at right angles with the keel , and that point of the compass , which is directly op- posite the ship's course . ABAS , a weight used in Persia for weigh ing pearls , being one - eighth part lighter than the ...
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... contained in the tube , which will be agitated through its whole length , and , by various reflections from the side of the tube to the axis , the air along the middle part of the tabe will be greatly condensed , and its momentum pro ...
... contained in the tube , which will be agitated through its whole length , and , by various reflections from the side of the tube to the axis , the air along the middle part of the tabe will be greatly condensed , and its momentum pro ...
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... contained in 1130 feet ; and the ear receives a perception of a musical sound , thus determined its pitch by the ... contain few ornaments that ob- struct the sound , and at the same time have the least echo possible . ear . A strong and ...
... contained in 1130 feet ; and the ear receives a perception of a musical sound , thus determined its pitch by the ... contain few ornaments that ob- struct the sound , and at the same time have the least echo possible . ear . A strong and ...
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... contained several of those large pits ( fosses communes ) in which the bodies of the poor are depo- sited by hundreds , These pits are cavities 30 feet deep , with an area of 20 feet square , in which the shells containing the bodies ...
... contained several of those large pits ( fosses communes ) in which the bodies of the poor are depo- sited by hundreds , These pits are cavities 30 feet deep , with an area of 20 feet square , in which the shells containing the bodies ...
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