British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... degrees of dignity above knighthood ; but every where else nobility and gentility are the same . The British nobility consists only of five degrees , viz . that of a duke , mar- quis , earl or count , viscount , and baron , each of ...
... degrees of dignity above knighthood ; but every where else nobility and gentility are the same . The British nobility consists only of five degrees , viz . that of a duke , mar- quis , earl or count , viscount , and baron , each of ...
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... degree of the ecliptic , reckoned from the eastern term or point . The altitude of the nonagesimal is equal to the angle of the east , and , if continued , passes through the poles of the ecliptic ; whence the altitude of the ...
... degree of the ecliptic , reckoned from the eastern term or point . The altitude of the nonagesimal is equal to the angle of the east , and , if continued , passes through the poles of the ecliptic ; whence the altitude of the ...
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... degrees of latitude , and sometimes by the length of pendulums , vibrating seconds in different latitudes . See EARTH , Degree , & C . VOL . IX . OBLIGATION , in law , a bond con- taining a penalty , with a condition an- nexed , either ...
... degrees of latitude , and sometimes by the length of pendulums , vibrating seconds in different latitudes . See EARTH , Degree , & C . VOL . IX . OBLIGATION , in law , a bond con- taining a penalty , with a condition an- nexed , either ...
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... degrees well di- vided , having a strong plate C D , for its radius , fixed to the middle of the arch at D. Let this ... degree , is divided into fifteen equal parts , which , in effect , divides the limb into minutes , and , by es ...
... degrees well di- vided , having a strong plate C D , for its radius , fixed to the middle of the arch at D. Let this ... degree , is divided into fifteen equal parts , which , in effect , divides the limb into minutes , and , by es ...
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... degree of altitude of the object viewed , and the other expressing the minutes and se- conds of error occasioned by refraction , corresponding to that degree of altitude ; to this quadrant is joined a small round level , K , which is ...
... degree of altitude of the object viewed , and the other expressing the minutes and se- conds of error occasioned by refraction , corresponding to that degree of altitude ; to this quadrant is joined a small round level , K , which is ...
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