The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 6 |
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... fore feet to the hind ones , these animals are enabled to spring or fly to the distance of thirty or forty yards . Climbing nearly to the top of one tree , it directs its movements always downwards , and by spreading this membrane as ...
... fore feet to the hind ones , these animals are enabled to spring or fly to the distance of thirty or forty yards . Climbing nearly to the top of one tree , it directs its movements always downwards , and by spreading this membrane as ...
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... fore part spinous . There are nine species enumerated by Gmelin , and fourteen by Shaw . We shall notice only the follow- ing : S. porcus , or the porcine scorpæna , is about fourteen inches long , and an inhabi- tant of various parts ...
... fore part spinous . There are nine species enumerated by Gmelin , and fourteen by Shaw . We shall notice only the follow- ing : S. porcus , or the porcine scorpæna , is about fourteen inches long , and an inhabi- tant of various parts ...
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... fore- mast ; or , if the storm is excessive , without any sail , which is then called scudding un- der bare poles . In sloops and schooners , and other small vessels , the sail employed for this purpose is called the square - sail . In ...
... fore- mast ; or , if the storm is excessive , without any sail , which is then called scudding un- der bare poles . In sloops and schooners , and other small vessels , the sail employed for this purpose is called the square - sail . In ...
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... fore An will be still greater than any assign- able number . Secondly , suppose the series increases continually , ( whether it do so infinitely or limitedly ) then its sum must be infinitely great , because it would be so if the terms ...
... fore An will be still greater than any assign- able number . Secondly , suppose the series increases continually , ( whether it do so infinitely or limitedly ) then its sum must be infinitely great , because it would be so if the terms ...
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... fore , till such time as the oil seems to have lost all its force , which it ordinarily does in twenty - four hours . The skins are then returned from the mill to the chamoiser to be scoured ; which is done by putting them into a ...
... fore , till such time as the oil seems to have lost all its force , which it ordinarily does in twenty - four hours . The skins are then returned from the mill to the chamoiser to be scoured ; which is done by putting them into a ...
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