The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 5 |
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... taken from scripture , and can be only treated properly by music of the sublimest style . ORBIT , in astronomy , the path of a pla- net or comet , or the curve that it describes in its revolution round its central body : thus the ...
... taken from scripture , and can be only treated properly by music of the sublimest style . ORBIT , in astronomy , the path of a pla- net or comet , or the curve that it describes in its revolution round its central body : thus the ...
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... taken up by a solution of pure ammonia ; distilled vinegar will take up the manganese , and will leave the oxide of iron . From the weight of this , after ignition , during a quarter of an hour , twenty - eight per cent . may be ...
... taken up by a solution of pure ammonia ; distilled vinegar will take up the manganese , and will leave the oxide of iron . From the weight of this , after ignition , during a quarter of an hour , twenty - eight per cent . may be ...
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... taken for the delineation of an external face or frout of a building ; or , as it is by others defined , the model , plat- form , and delineation of the front of a house , that is contrived , and to be built , by the rules of geometry ...
... taken for the delineation of an external face or frout of a building ; or , as it is by others defined , the model , plat- form , and delineation of the front of a house , that is contrived , and to be built , by the rules of geometry ...
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... taken away , the ouse will increase , and the muscles and cockles will breed there , and destroy the oysters , they having not whereon to stick their spat . The oysters are sick after they have spat ; but in June and July they begin to ...
... taken away , the ouse will increase , and the muscles and cockles will breed there , and destroy the oysters , they having not whereon to stick their spat . The oysters are sick after they have spat ; but in June and July they begin to ...
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... taken by nets . It is rarely seen in England ; is shy and cunning ; if molested will fly about two hundred paces , and then run so fast that a man can- not overtake it . Its flesh is like that of the great bustard , rich and delicate ...
... taken by nets . It is rarely seen in England ; is shy and cunning ; if molested will fly about two hundred paces , and then run so fast that a man can- not overtake it . Its flesh is like that of the great bustard , rich and delicate ...
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