British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 12Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... lands or tenements for life , or years , doth sufficiently consent and agree , that he which has the next or im- mediate remainder , or reversion thereof , shall also have the present estate of the same in possession ; and that he ...
... lands or tenements for life , or years , doth sufficiently consent and agree , that he which has the next or im- mediate remainder , or reversion thereof , shall also have the present estate of the same in possession ; and that he ...
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... land surveys ; that is , where no current of water , or the level of any fluid is under consideration : such curva- ture amounts to about eight inches in every mile , either of latitude or of longi- tude . In brief , we consider the ...
... land surveys ; that is , where no current of water , or the level of any fluid is under consideration : such curva- ture amounts to about eight inches in every mile , either of latitude or of longi- tude . In brief , we consider the ...
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... land . SWIMMING , the art , or act , of sus- taining the body in water , and of moving therein ; in which action the air - bladder and fins of fishes bear a considerable part . Some have supposed , that the motion of fish in the water ...
... land . SWIMMING , the art , or act , of sus- taining the body in water , and of moving therein ; in which action the air - bladder and fins of fishes bear a considerable part . Some have supposed , that the motion of fish in the water ...
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... Land from the Saracens ; but this supposition seems in a great measure to rest on the fact , that the workmen employed in this pursuit in France were called Sarrassinois We do not find , upon referring to the travels of Bertrandon de la ...
... Land from the Saracens ; but this supposition seems in a great measure to rest on the fact , that the workmen employed in this pursuit in France were called Sarrassinois We do not find , upon referring to the travels of Bertrandon de la ...
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... land - waiter's books ; and in the out - ports , not without the con- sent of the collector and surveyor . And as to those goods which have not their tares ascertained , two surveyors in Lon- don , and the collector and surveyor in the ...
... land - waiter's books ; and in the out - ports , not without the con- sent of the collector and surveyor . And as to those goods which have not their tares ascertained , two surveyors in Lon- don , and the collector and surveyor in the ...
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