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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... the same time a very affable and agreeable companion . So engaging were his manners , that they conciliated the NILOMETER , sometimes called Nilo- scope , an instrument used B 2 NIC NIE alone; and the only difficulty experienced ...
... the same time a very affable and agreeable companion . So engaging were his manners , that they conciliated the NILOMETER , sometimes called Nilo- scope , an instrument used B 2 NIC NIE alone; and the only difficulty experienced ...
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... 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 government in Egypt . The measure of it ...
... 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 government in Egypt . The measure of it ...
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... instrument consists of two circular plates applied to each other . The greater , which has a handle to hold the instrument , is about two inches and a half diameter , and is divided into twelve parts , agreeing to the twelve months ...
... instrument consists of two circular plates applied to each other . The greater , which has a handle to hold the instrument , is about two inches and a half diameter , and is divided into twelve parts , agreeing to the twelve months ...
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... . Farry Jun delin . Fig . 1 . B m h Transit H Fig . 2 . N R M OBSERVATORY . Instrument . R Y Fig . 4 . F E M RAMSDEN'S , Universal Equatorial . Fig . 3 . • base ; abdomen variegated with white and black . Lowry sculp ...
... . Farry Jun delin . Fig . 1 . B m h Transit H Fig . 2 . N R M OBSERVATORY . Instrument . R Y Fig . 4 . F E M RAMSDEN'S , Universal Equatorial . Fig . 3 . • base ; abdomen variegated with white and black . Lowry sculp ...
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... instruments ; par- ticularly a noble sextant of seven feet radius , with telescopic sights . And the first Astro ... instrument that he discontinued almost entirely the use of the sextaut Thus , in the space of upwards of forty years ...
... instruments ; par- ticularly a noble sextant of seven feet radius , with telescopic sights . And the first Astro ... instrument that he discontinued almost entirely the use of the sextaut Thus , in the space of upwards of forty years ...
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