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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... manner already shown ; but the curved parts must be measured in the following mode : Draw the line ED , and from it make three or more off - sets to the curv- ed part ; take from E to 1 , as a base , and half the depth of the off - set ...
... manner already shown ; but the curved parts must be measured in the following mode : Draw the line ED , and from it make three or more off - sets to the curv- ed part ; take from E to 1 , as a base , and half the depth of the off - set ...
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... manner the whole horizon may be surveyed from the base line AB ; except such parts as may lay in , that is , occupy the same direction therewith . And it is to be observed , that in laying a base line , the nearer the angle of ...
... manner the whole horizon may be surveyed from the base line AB ; except such parts as may lay in , that is , occupy the same direction therewith . And it is to be observed , that in laying a base line , the nearer the angle of ...
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... manner . The doctrines exhibited in his writings are to the following purpose : 1. Contrary to Unitarians , who deny , and to trinitarians , who hold , a trinity of persons in the godhead , the Sweden- borgians maintain that there is a ...
... manner . The doctrines exhibited in his writings are to the following purpose : 1. Contrary to Unitarians , who deny , and to trinitarians , who hold , a trinity of persons in the godhead , the Sweden- borgians maintain that there is a ...
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... manner in keep- ing the fish still , and serve in scarce any other motion than that towards the bot- tom ; so that this motion of the fish , which has been generally attributed to their fins , is almost wholly owing to their muscles ...
... manner in keep- ing the fish still , and serve in scarce any other motion than that towards the bot- tom ; so that this motion of the fish , which has been generally attributed to their fins , is almost wholly owing to their muscles ...
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... manner , we at last arrive at some syllogism , where the premises or previous propositions are in- tuitive or self - evident truths , the mind then rests in full security , as perceiving that the several conclusions it has passed ...
... manner , we at last arrive at some syllogism , where the premises or previous propositions are in- tuitive or self - evident truths , the mind then rests in full security , as perceiving that the several conclusions it has passed ...
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