The British Encyclopedia, Or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge : Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Elegant Engravings. N - R. 5Longman, 1809 - 680 pages |
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... ecliptic , whereof the node , where the planet ascends northwards , above the plane of the ecliptic , is called the ascending node , the northward node , and the head of the Dra- gon , and is marked thus ; the other node , where the ...
... ecliptic , whereof the node , where the planet ascends northwards , above the plane of the ecliptic , is called the ascending node , the northward node , and the head of the Dra- gon , and is marked thus ; the other node , where the ...
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... ecliptic , reckoned from the eastern term , or point . The altitude of the nonagesimal is equal to the angle of the east , and , if continued , passes through the poles of the écliptic ; whence the altitude of the nonagesimal at a given ...
... ecliptic , reckoned from the eastern term , or point . The altitude of the nonagesimal is equal to the angle of the east , and , if continued , passes through the poles of the écliptic ; whence the altitude of the nonagesimal at a given ...
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... ecliptic , and as often returns to its former position . Sir Isaac Newton observes , that the moon has the like motion , only very small , and scarcely sensible . NUTMEG , in natural history , the kernel of a large fruit , not unlike ...
... ecliptic , and as often returns to its former position . Sir Isaac Newton observes , that the moon has the like motion , only very small , and scarcely sensible . NUTMEG , in natural history , the kernel of a large fruit , not unlike ...
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... ecliptic . See ECLIP- TIC . OBLIQUUS , in anatomy , oblique , a name given to several muscles , particularly in the head , eyes , and abdomen . See ANATOMY . OBOLARIA , in botany , a genus of the Didynamia Angiospermia class and order ...
... ecliptic . See ECLIP- TIC . OBLIQUUS , in anatomy , oblique , a name given to several muscles , particularly in the head , eyes , and abdomen . See ANATOMY . OBOLARIA , in botany , a genus of the Didynamia Angiospermia class and order ...
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... ecliptic , or the sun therein , descends into the lower hemi- sphere , in contradistinction to orient . OCCIPITAL , in anatomy , a term appli- of the skull . OCCULT , something secret , hidden , or invisible . The occult sciences are ...
... ecliptic , or the sun therein , descends into the lower hemi- sphere , in contradistinction to orient . OCCIPITAL , in anatomy , a term appli- of the skull . OCCULT , something secret , hidden , or invisible . The occult sciences are ...
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