American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 11Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... stars , according to Ptolemy and Tycho ; but in Mr. Flamstead's catalogue , of no less than twenty - three . SAGITTA , in geometry , a term used for the absciss of a curve . SAGITTA , in trigonometry , the same with the versed sine of ...
... stars , according to Ptolemy and Tycho ; but in Mr. Flamstead's catalogue , of no less than twenty - three . SAGITTA , in geometry , a term used for the absciss of a curve . SAGITTA , in trigonometry , the same with the versed sine of ...
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... star - works . SALIANT , SALIENT , or SAILLANT , in he- raldry , is applied to a lion , or other beast , when its fore - legs are raised in a leaping posture . A lion salient is that which is erected bend - ways , standing so as that ...
... star - works . SALIANT , SALIENT , or SAILLANT , in he- raldry , is applied to a lion , or other beast , when its fore - legs are raised in a leaping posture . A lion salient is that which is erected bend - ways , standing so as that ...
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... star which grew on the sand hills ; which at last gave rise to the act of 15 George II . c . 33 , to prohibit the destruction of this useful plant . " I beg leave to suggest to the public a possible means of putting a stop to these ...
... star which grew on the sand hills ; which at last gave rise to the act of 15 George II . c . 33 , to prohibit the destruction of this useful plant . " I beg leave to suggest to the public a possible means of putting a stop to these ...
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... stars moving round Jupiter's body , and proceeding along with him ; and in Janu- ary , 1610 , he found a fourth . In January , 1610 , Gallileo also observed the same in Italy , and in the same year , published his observations . These ...
... stars moving round Jupiter's body , and proceeding along with him ; and in Janu- ary , 1610 , he found a fourth . In January , 1610 , Gallileo also observed the same in Italy , and in the same year , published his observations . These ...
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... star through the opening , and supposed him to have been the only person who ever saw a sight so rare , as the opening , though cer- tainly very large , appears very small to us . When Saturn appears round , if our eye be in the plane ...
... star through the opening , and supposed him to have been the only person who ever saw a sight so rare , as the opening , though cer- tainly very large , appears very small to us . When Saturn appears round , if our eye be in the plane ...
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