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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... piece of ordnance at Amberg , on which is inscribed the year 1303. Roger Bacon , who died in 1292 , knew the properties of gunpowder ; but it does not follow that he was acquainted with its application to fire - arms . See GUNPOW- DER ...
... piece of ordnance at Amberg , on which is inscribed the year 1303. Roger Bacon , who died in 1292 , knew the properties of gunpowder ; but it does not follow that he was acquainted with its application to fire - arms . See GUNPOW- DER ...
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... piece reaching from one to the other athwart ships , and serving to support the ends of those booms , masts , and yards , which lie in reserve to supply the place of others carried away , & c . The above - named space is used to contain ...
... piece reaching from one to the other athwart ships , and serving to support the ends of those booms , masts , and yards , which lie in reserve to supply the place of others carried away , & c . The above - named space is used to contain ...
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... piece of wood , made round where it is to be held in the hand , and thin and broad at the other end , for the easier cutting and resisting the water , and consequently moving the vessel , by rowing . 0 . quadrangular , and slender ...
... piece of wood , made round where it is to be held in the hand , and thin and broad at the other end , for the easier cutting and resisting the water , and consequently moving the vessel , by rowing . 0 . quadrangular , and slender ...
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... piece of water was probably the first mirror ; its effect was afterward imitated by metallic mirrors : hence was discovered the equality of the angles of incidence and re- flection . It was known at an early period that an oar , or ...
... piece of water was probably the first mirror ; its effect was afterward imitated by metallic mirrors : hence was discovered the equality of the angles of incidence and re- flection . It was known at an early period that an oar , or ...
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... piece of glass , it shows all the colours of the rain- bow . These colours , however , he says , are false , such as are seen in a pigeon's neck when it changes its position ; and of the same nature he says is a speculum , which ...
... piece of glass , it shows all the colours of the rain- bow . These colours , however , he says , are false , such as are seen in a pigeon's neck when it changes its position ; and of the same nature he says is a speculum , which ...
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