American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 6Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... round by the stock , so that the motion of the stock appears similar to that of the handle of a gimblet when it is employed . GIN . See GENEVA . GIN , in mechanics , a machine for driv ing piles , fitted with a windlass and winches at ...
... round by the stock , so that the motion of the stock appears similar to that of the handle of a gimblet when it is employed . GIN . See GENEVA . GIN , in mechanics , a machine for driv ing piles , fitted with a windlass and winches at ...
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... round the monaste- ry is solid rock , the dead bodies are col- lected together in a chapel , lying on its eastern side , which is made to admit a thorough draft of air by openings in the walls , guarded by large iron bars . The sight of ...
... round the monaste- ry is solid rock , the dead bodies are col- lected together in a chapel , lying on its eastern side , which is made to admit a thorough draft of air by openings in the walls , guarded by large iron bars . The sight of ...
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... round , And to his wrists the gloves of death are bound . " The captives slain on this occasion were not commanded to fight ; they had been led to the pile , and died with the sheep , oxen , coursers , and dogs , that their bodies might ...
... round , And to his wrists the gloves of death are bound . " The captives slain on this occasion were not commanded to fight ; they had been led to the pile , and died with the sheep , oxen , coursers , and dogs , that their bodies might ...
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... round the arena , during which he adjusted it for a new trial . The best gladiators were Thracians . Those men , with their faulchion and small round shields , possessed more national fe- rocity and cruelty than any of their oppo- nents ...
... round the arena , during which he adjusted it for a new trial . The best gladiators were Thracians . Those men , with their faulchion and small round shields , possessed more national fe- rocity and cruelty than any of their oppo- nents ...
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... round the roof of the lower dome with brick- work ; there is a small chimney opens from the top of the lower dome into the middle of the floor of the upper one , which conveys the smoke away from it , and a flue from the upper dome ...
... round the roof of the lower dome with brick- work ; there is a small chimney opens from the top of the lower dome into the middle of the floor of the upper one , which conveys the smoke away from it , and a flue from the upper dome ...
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