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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... 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 only 4 } " THE ...
... 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 only 4 } " THE ...
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... things , every thing is uncertain to the human understand- ing , and consequently that all confident as- sertions are unreasonable . He thought it disgraceful to assent to any proposition , the truth of which is not fully established ...
... things , every thing is uncertain to the human understand- ing , and consequently that all confident as- sertions are unreasonable . He thought it disgraceful to assent to any proposition , the truth of which is not fully established ...
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... thing added to a shield by way of ornament , as the belt , mantling , snp- porters , & c . Accompaniment is also used for several bearings about a principal one , as a saltier , bend , fess , & c . ACCOMPLICE , in law , a person who is ...
... thing added to a shield by way of ornament , as the belt , mantling , snp- porters , & c . Accompaniment is also used for several bearings about a principal one , as a saltier , bend , fess , & c . ACCOMPLICE , in law , a person who is ...
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... thing sounding and the ear . The air is agitated in a spherical form , and moves off in waves , and falls on the ear ... things . Some followed the opinion of Zeno , without any farther at- tempts to give a distinct conception of the ...
... thing sounding and the ear . The air is agitated in a spherical form , and moves off in waves , and falls on the ear ... things . Some followed the opinion of Zeno , without any farther at- tempts to give a distinct conception of the ...
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... thing , the moving body loses as much of its force , as it communi- cates to the body moved . If a body be urged by equal and contrary actions or pressures , it will remain at rest . But if one of these pressures be greater than its ...
... thing , the moving body loses as much of its force , as it communi- cates to the body moved . If a body be urged by equal and contrary actions or pressures , it will remain at rest . But if one of these pressures be greater than its ...
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