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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... idea of their distance from us ; and this distance is fancied to be greater when a number of objects are interposed between the eye and the body we are view- ing , which is the case when we see the hea- venly bodies near the horizon ...
... idea of their distance from us ; and this distance is fancied to be greater when a number of objects are interposed between the eye and the body we are view- ing , which is the case when we see the hea- venly bodies near the horizon ...
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... idea predominates in their institution . ORDINANCE , or Ordonnance , a law , statute , or command of a sovereign or supe- rior . ORDINARY , in the civil law , signifies any judge that hath authority to take cog- nizance of causes in his ...
... idea predominates in their institution . ORDINANCE , or Ordonnance , a law , statute , or command of a sovereign or supe- rior . ORDINARY , in the civil law , signifies any judge that hath authority to take cog- nizance of causes in his ...
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... ideas have been obtained respecting the formation of the earth itself . Xenophanes , more than 400 years before Christ , was led to the belief of the eternity of the universe , by discovering the remains of different ma- , rine animals ...
... ideas have been obtained respecting the formation of the earth itself . Xenophanes , more than 400 years before Christ , was led to the belief of the eternity of the universe , by discovering the remains of different ma- , rine animals ...
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... ideas to the mind by means of a re- presentation of the visible parts of nature . It is a language by which , though all things cannot , many at least may be expressed , in a stronger and clearer manner than can be effected by any other ...
... ideas to the mind by means of a re- presentation of the visible parts of nature . It is a language by which , though all things cannot , many at least may be expressed , in a stronger and clearer manner than can be effected by any other ...
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... ideas to the spectator , or in other words , tell his story , are combina- tions of figures and other visible ... idea of a succession of transactions or events ; whereas it cannot by the most laboured description give us any other than ...
... ideas to the spectator , or in other words , tell his story , are combina- tions of figures and other visible ... idea of a succession of transactions or events ; whereas it cannot by the most laboured description give us any other than ...
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