Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volume 3Edward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... motion of the heavens round the earth . If a great circle be so drawn upon this sphere as to divide it into two equal parts , or hemispheres , and the plane of the circle be perpendicular to the axis of the sphere , this circle will ...
... motion of the heavens round the earth . If a great circle be so drawn upon this sphere as to divide it into two equal parts , or hemispheres , and the plane of the circle be perpendicular to the axis of the sphere , this circle will ...
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... motion ; one half of which is on the north side of the equinoctial , and the other half on the south . If a large stud be made to move eastward in this ecliptic , in such a manner as to go quite round it in the time that the sphere is ...
... motion ; one half of which is on the north side of the equinoctial , and the other half on the south . If a large stud be made to move eastward in this ecliptic , in such a manner as to go quite round it in the time that the sphere is ...
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... motion , it would see some stars rising to its view in the eastern side of the sphere , while others were setting on the western . Now , as all the stars are fixed to the sphere , the same stars would always rise in the same points of ...
... motion , it would see some stars rising to its view in the eastern side of the sphere , while others were setting on the western . Now , as all the stars are fixed to the sphere , the same stars would always rise in the same points of ...
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... Motion is known to promote freezing ; and so the rapid motion of the electrical clouds may produce that effect . A more intense electricity also , he thinks , unites the particles of hail more closely , than the more moderate does those ...
... Motion is known to promote freezing ; and so the rapid motion of the electrical clouds may produce that effect . A more intense electricity also , he thinks , unites the particles of hail more closely , than the more moderate does those ...
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... motion . The case stands on a neat frame with four legs . 6 * This instrument is played upon by sitting before the middle of the set of glasses , as before the keys of a harpsichord , turning them with the foot , and wetting them now ...
... motion . The case stands on a neat frame with four legs . 6 * This instrument is played upon by sitting before the middle of the set of glasses , as before the keys of a harpsichord , turning them with the foot , and wetting them now ...
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Page 359 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Page 45 - This is a high prerogative writ, and therefore by the common law issuing out of the court of king's bench not only in term-time, but also during the vacation, by a fiat from the chief justice or any other of the judges, and running into all parts of the king's dominions; for the king is at all times entitled to have an account, why the liberty of any of his subjects is restrained, wherever that restraint may be inflicted.
Page 319 - Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon.
Page 5 - A Proposition, is something which is either proposed to be done, or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem.
Page 5 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as ABD E.
Page 228 - But every man, when he enters into society, gives up a part of his natural liberty, as the price of so valuable a purchase ; and in consideration of receiving the advantages of mutual commerce, obliges himself to conform to those laws, which the community has thought proper to establish.
Page 361 - Odin is believed to have been the name of the one true god among the first colonies who came from the East, and peopled Germany and Scandinavia, and among their posterity for several ages.
Page 327 - The study of natural history, simple, beautiful, and instructive, consists in the collection, arrangement, and exhibition of the various productions of the earth.
Page 333 - Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Page 144 - An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to, and presented upon oath by, a grand jury.