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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... tion to this kind of gilding is its tedious- ness , and the almost impossibility of using a sufficient pressure without injuring the evenness of the gilded surface : where these objections do not apply , there can- not be a more ...
... tion to this kind of gilding is its tedious- ness , and the almost impossibility of using a sufficient pressure without injuring the evenness of the gilded surface : where these objections do not apply , there can- not be a more ...
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... tion of his journey to the glaciers of Sa- voy , the enterprise of Messrs . Windham and Pocock , in 1741 , who , inspired by the artless relations of the peasants , descrip- tive of the sublimity of their country , when they descended ...
... tion of his journey to the glaciers of Sa- voy , the enterprise of Messrs . Windham and Pocock , in 1741 , who , inspired by the artless relations of the peasants , descrip- tive of the sublimity of their country , when they descended ...
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... tion of the giaciers . Snow is constantly accumulating in the recesses or depths of the mountains , dur- ing nine months of the year , by the usual fall of moisture , and the descent of vast masses borne down by their weight from the ...
... tion of the giaciers . Snow is constantly accumulating in the recesses or depths of the mountains , dur- ing nine months of the year , by the usual fall of moisture , and the descent of vast masses borne down by their weight from the ...
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... tion for a telescope . A night - glass is a telescope made for viewing objects at night . Half - bour glass , called also the watch - glass , is used to measure the time which each watch has to stay upon deck . Half and quarter - minute ...
... tion for a telescope . A night - glass is a telescope made for viewing objects at night . Half - bour glass , called also the watch - glass , is used to measure the time which each watch has to stay upon deck . Half and quarter - minute ...
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... tion , intelligence , and action ; but after a manner not at all corporeal , not at all like men ; after a manner altogether unknown He is destitute of all body and bodily shape , and therefore cannot be seen , heard , or touched ; nor ...
... tion , intelligence , and action ; but after a manner not at all corporeal , not at all like men ; after a manner altogether unknown He is destitute of all body and bodily shape , and therefore cannot be seen , heard , or touched ; nor ...
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