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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... sometimes called Nilo- scope , an instrument used among the an- cients to measure the height of the water in the river Nile , in its periodical overflow- ings . It was first set up , it has been as- serted , by Joseph , during his ...
... sometimes called Nilo- scope , an instrument used among the an- cients to measure the height of the water in the river Nile , in its periodical overflow- ings . It was first set up , it has been as- serted , by Joseph , during his ...
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... sometimes in bundles of small needles . Its taste is bitter , and very similar to that of nitrate of lime , but less pungent . It is fu- sible , and decomposable by heat , giving out first a little oxygen gas , then nitrous oxide , and ...
... sometimes in bundles of small needles . Its taste is bitter , and very similar to that of nitrate of lime , but less pungent . It is fu- sible , and decomposable by heat , giving out first a little oxygen gas , then nitrous oxide , and ...
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... sometimes on the gravel of garden walks , usually after rain in the summer months . NOSTRILS , in anatomy , the two aper . tures or cavities of the nose , through which the air passes , and which serve to convey odours , and to carry ...
... sometimes on the gravel of garden walks , usually after rain in the summer months . NOSTRILS , in anatomy , the two aper . tures or cavities of the nose , through which the air passes , and which serve to convey odours , and to carry ...
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... sometimes imported in preserve , by way of sweetmeat , or as a curiosity . See MACE . The nutmeg , as we receive it , is of a roundish or oval figure , of a tolerably com- pact and firm texture , but easily cut with a knife , and ...
... sometimes imported in preserve , by way of sweetmeat , or as a curiosity . See MACE . The nutmeg , as we receive it , is of a roundish or oval figure , of a tolerably com- pact and firm texture , but easily cut with a knife , and ...
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... sometimes by the measures of different de- grees of latitude , and sometimes by the length of pendulums , vibrating seconds in different latitudes . See EARTH , DEGREE , & c . OBLIGATION , in law , a bond " con- taining a penalty , with ...
... sometimes by the measures of different de- grees of latitude , and sometimes by the length of pendulums , vibrating seconds in different latitudes . See EARTH , DEGREE , & c . OBLIGATION , in law , a bond " con- taining a penalty , with ...
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