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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... nearly equivalent to the English shilling . See CoIN . ABREAST , a sea term , expressing the situation of two or more ships , that lie with their sides parallel to each other , and their heads advanced . When the line of battle at sea ...
... nearly equivalent to the English shilling . See CoIN . ABREAST , a sea term , expressing the situation of two or more ships , that lie with their sides parallel to each other , and their heads advanced . When the line of battle at sea ...
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... nearly . And therefore , unless the sum of the lines drawn from each of the obstacles to the points A and B exceeds the interval AB by 127 feet , no echo will be heard at B. Since the several sums of the lines drawn from the obstacles ...
... nearly . And therefore , unless the sum of the lines drawn from each of the obstacles to the points A and B exceeds the interval AB by 127 feet , no echo will be heard at B. Since the several sums of the lines drawn from the obstacles ...
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... nearly at the same instant , as to produce an echo , though the distance of the reflecting sur- face from the ear be less than the limit of echoes . This is confirmed by a singular echo in a grotto on the banks of the little brook ...
... nearly at the same instant , as to produce an echo , though the distance of the reflecting sur- face from the ear be less than the limit of echoes . This is confirmed by a singular echo in a grotto on the banks of the little brook ...
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... nearly resembles the javanicus , except that the head is covered with very minute , rough , and warted scales , differing in size alone from those on the other part of the animal . The dubius mea- sures only about three feet in length ...
... nearly resembles the javanicus , except that the head is covered with very minute , rough , and warted scales , differing in size alone from those on the other part of the animal . The dubius mea- sures only about three feet in length ...
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... nearly 20 miles an hour . Its descent was occasioned by a rent , which must have been the effect of the rarefaction of the inflammable air , when the balloon ascended to the lighter parts of the atmosphere . Aerostatic experiments and ...
... nearly 20 miles an hour . Its descent was occasioned by a rent , which must have been the effect of the rarefaction of the inflammable air , when the balloon ascended to the lighter parts of the atmosphere . Aerostatic experiments and ...
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