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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... term , by a jury returned from the county where the cause of action arises ; but with this proviso , nisi prius justiciarii ad assisas capiendus venerint : that is , unless before the day prefixed , the judges of assize came into the ...
... term , by a jury returned from the county where the cause of action arises ; but with this proviso , nisi prius justiciarii ad assisas capiendus venerint : that is , unless before the day prefixed , the judges of assize came into the ...
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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 , 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 for ...
... 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 for ...
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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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... term of another's colour is velvet - black , but it passes into life died , leaving the cestui que rie ; that is , greenish grey . It is often striped and spot during the life of the person for whose lite ted . The specific gravity is ...
... term of another's colour is velvet - black , but it passes into life died , leaving the cestui que rie ; that is , greenish grey . It is often striped and spot during the life of the person for whose lite ted . The specific gravity is ...
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