The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... 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 ecliptic ; whence the altitude of the nonagesimal at a given time , under a given elevation of ...
... 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 ecliptic ; whence the altitude of the nonagesimal at a given time , under a given elevation of ...
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... term used for the constitutions of several emperors , as of Justin , Tiberius , Leo , and more parti- cularly of those of Justinian . The constitu- tions of Justinian were called novels , either from their producing a great alteration ...
... term used for the constitutions of several emperors , as of Justin , Tiberius , Leo , and more parti- cularly of those of Justinian . The constitu- tions of Justinian were called novels , either from their producing a great alteration ...
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... term it , is call ed by the Dutch the wild nutmeg . It is always distinguishable from the others , as well by its want of fragrancy , as by its shape : it is very subject to be worm - eaten , and is strictly forbid , by the Dutch , to ...
... term it , is call ed by the Dutch the wild nutmeg . It is always distinguishable from the others , as well by its want of fragrancy , as by its shape : it is very subject to be worm - eaten , and is strictly forbid , by the Dutch , to ...
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... term , mariners commonly mean only the taking the meridian altitudes , in order to find the latitude ; and the finding the lati- tude from such observed latitude , they call " working an observation . " OBSERVATORY , a place destined ...
... term , mariners commonly mean only the taking the meridian altitudes , in order to find the latitude ; and the finding the lati- tude from such observed latitude , they call " working an observation . " OBSERVATORY , a place destined ...
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... term appli- ed to the parts of the occiput , or back part of the skull . OCCULT , something secret , hidden , or invisible . The occult sciences are , magic , necromancy , cabbala , & c . OCCULT , in geometry , is used for a line that ...
... term appli- ed to the parts of the occiput , or back part of the skull . OCCULT , something secret , hidden , or invisible . The occult sciences are , magic , necromancy , cabbala , & c . OCCULT , in geometry , is used for a line that ...
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