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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... lengths of those parallels , say 70 and 90 yards , together ; divide half their sum ( i . e . 80 ) and multi- ply ... length by its breadth ; and the triangle , BCE , might be taken separate- ly , thus : the depth , ( or altitude ) BE ...
... lengths of those parallels , say 70 and 90 yards , together ; divide half their sum ( i . e . 80 ) and multi- ply ... length by its breadth ; and the triangle , BCE , might be taken separate- ly , thus : the depth , ( or altitude ) BE ...
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... lengths . The easiest mode of surveying it is , by drawing a diagonal be- tween the two most distant points , C and B ; and making off - sets , rectangular to that diagonal , from E to A , and from F to D. These off - sets give the ...
... lengths . The easiest mode of surveying it is , by drawing a diagonal be- tween the two most distant points , C and B ; and making off - sets , rectangular to that diagonal , from E to A , and from F to D. These off - sets give the ...
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... length may be in chains , links , & c . ac- cording to Gunter's scale ; or else in yards and feet , as in familiar measure- ment . Thus , in fig . 10. A represents the plain - table , placed in the centre of the field BCDE : f g is the ...
... length may be in chains , links , & c . ac- cording to Gunter's scale ; or else in yards and feet , as in familiar measure- ment . Thus , in fig . 10. A represents the plain - table , placed in the centre of the field BCDE : f g is the ...
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... length ; those in the under jaw curving inwards , and capable , from their size , strength , and sharpness , of in- flicting the most dreadful wounds . Before these animals attain their third year they are gregarious , and , when danger ...
... length ; those in the under jaw curving inwards , and capable , from their size , strength , and sharpness , of in- flicting the most dreadful wounds . Before these animals attain their third year they are gregarious , and , when danger ...
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... length even of three feet , but is generally only fourteen inches long , extremely slender , and tapering to wards the extremity . Its ova are found lying , in spring , in a longitudinal channel at the bottom of the abdomen , and the ...
... length even of three feet , but is generally only fourteen inches long , extremely slender , and tapering to wards the extremity . Its ova are found lying , in spring , in a longitudinal channel at the bottom of the abdomen , and the ...
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