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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... observe , that the squaring of the circle has not hitherto been per- fected ; though we have arrived so near- ly to ... observed that , in all inclined fi- gures , the altitude is ascertained by a per- pendicular from the base , as at C ...
... observe , that the squaring of the circle has not hitherto been per- fected ; though we have arrived so near- ly to ... observed that , in all inclined fi- gures , the altitude is ascertained by a per- pendicular from the base , as at C ...
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... observed . The surveyor draws a line on the paper , in the direction of the brass rule , from the exact centre of the plain - table , and notes down , at the side of that line , what its length may be in chains , links , & c . ac ...
... observed . The surveyor draws a line on the paper , in the direction of the brass rule , from the exact centre of the plain - table , and notes down , at the side of that line , what its length may be in chains , links , & c . ac ...
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... observed attentively , during the crisis of parturition . The hog was unknown in America when that quarter of the world was discovered by the Spaniards , but now abounds in every part of it . The Chinese breed is most valued in England ...
... observed attentively , during the crisis of parturition . The hog was unknown in America when that quarter of the world was discovered by the Spaniards , but now abounds in every part of it . The Chinese breed is most valued in England ...
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... observed , while swimming in a basin of clear wa- ter , it will be found not to keep these pectoral fins constantly expanded , but only to open them at such times as it would stop or change its course ; this seeming to be their ...
... observed , while swimming in a basin of clear wa- ter , it will be found not to keep these pectoral fins constantly expanded , but only to open them at such times as it would stop or change its course ; this seeming to be their ...
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... observe , that there are three several propositions , expressing the three judgments implied in the act of reasoning : the two first propositions answer the two previous judgments in reasoning , and are hence called premises ; as being ...
... observe , that there are three several propositions , expressing the three judgments implied in the act of reasoning : the two first propositions answer the two previous judgments in reasoning , and are hence called premises ; as being ...
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