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... considered as useless ; but professor Proust says , that five parts of it , with one of charcoal and one of sulphur , will burn three times as long as common powder , so as to form an economical com- position for fire works . Nitrate of ...
... considered as useless ; but professor Proust says , that five parts of it , with one of charcoal and one of sulphur , will burn three times as long as common powder , so as to form an economical com- position for fire works . Nitrate of ...
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... considered with regard to number . See GRAMMAR . NUMBERS , in poetry , oratory , music , & c . are certain measures , proportions , or ca- dences , which render a verse , period , or song , agreeable to the ear . NUMERAL letters , those ...
... considered with regard to number . See GRAMMAR . NUMBERS , in poetry , oratory , music , & c . are certain measures , proportions , or ca- dences , which render a verse , period , or song , agreeable to the ear . NUMERAL letters , those ...
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... putting out branches almost their whole length , covered with a greyish bark . The olive , in all ages , has been held in peculiar estimation , as the , bounteous gift of Heaven ; it is still considered as emble . OLD OLI.
... putting out branches almost their whole length , covered with a greyish bark . The olive , in all ages , has been held in peculiar estimation , as the , bounteous gift of Heaven ; it is still considered as emble . OLD OLI.
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William Nicholson. of Heaven ; it is still considered as emble . matic of peace and plenty ; the great quan- tity of oil which it produces in some coun- tries , effectually realizes the latter of these blessings . Unripe olives pickled ...
William Nicholson. of Heaven ; it is still considered as emble . matic of peace and plenty ; the great quan- tity of oil which it produces in some coun- tries , effectually realizes the latter of these blessings . Unripe olives pickled ...
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... considered by Sir Isaac Newton , in his Optics . Indeed optics make a con- siderable branch of natural philosophy ; both as it explains the laws of nature , ac- cording to which vision is performed , and as it accounts for abundance of ...
... considered by Sir Isaac Newton , in his Optics . Indeed optics make a con- siderable branch of natural philosophy ; both as it explains the laws of nature , ac- cording to which vision is performed , and as it accounts for abundance of ...
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