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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... term applied to any thing situated towards the stern of a vessel : thus a thing is said to be abaft the fore - mast , or main - mast , when placed be tween the fore - mast , or main - mast , and the stern . ecliptic . In Mercury it is ...
... term applied to any thing situated towards the stern of a vessel : thus a thing is said to be abaft the fore - mast , or main - mast , when placed be tween the fore - mast , or main - mast , and the stern . ecliptic . In Mercury it is ...
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... 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 is formed abreast , the whole squadron advances uniformly . Abreast ...
... 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 is formed abreast , the whole squadron advances uniformly . Abreast ...
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... term was also used metaphorically , to denote the sect of Academic Philosophers . See ACADEMICS . ACADEMY , in a modern sense , signifies a society of learned men , established for the im- provement of arts or sciences . See SOCIETY ...
... term was also used metaphorically , to denote the sect of Academic Philosophers . See ACADEMICS . ACADEMY , in a modern sense , signifies a society of learned men , established for the im- provement of arts or sciences . See SOCIETY ...
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... term used for such plants as have no caulis , or stem . See CAULIS . ACCEDAS ad curiam , in law , a writ ly ing where a man hath received , or fears false judgment , in a hundred - court , or court baron . It is issued out of the ...
... term used for such plants as have no caulis , or stem . See CAULIS . ACCEDAS ad curiam , in law , a writ ly ing where a man hath received , or fears false judgment , in a hundred - court , or court baron . It is issued out of the ...
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... term originally sy- nonymous with sour , and applied only to bodies distinguished by that taste ; but it now comprehends under it all substances possessed of the following properties . Acids , when applied to the tongue , excite the sen ...
... term originally sy- nonymous with sour , and applied only to bodies distinguished by that taste ; but it now comprehends under it all substances possessed of the following properties . Acids , when applied to the tongue , excite the sen ...
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