British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... contained under them will be equal to the parallelogram contained under tangents drawn through the vertices of any other two conjugate diameters . 7. If a right line , touching an ellipsis , meet two conjugate diameters produced , the ...
... contained under them will be equal to the parallelogram contained under tangents drawn through the vertices of any other two conjugate diameters . 7. If a right line , touching an ellipsis , meet two conjugate diameters produced , the ...
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... contained under lines drawn from the centre of the sun and planet to the centre of the earth . ELOPEMENT , is when a married wo- man of her own accord departs from her husband , and dwells with an adulterer ; for which , without ...
... contained under lines drawn from the centre of the sun and planet to the centre of the earth . ELOPEMENT , is when a married wo- man of her own accord departs from her husband , and dwells with an adulterer ; for which , without ...
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... containing a large knob , of use to break hard seeds . There are , according to Gmelin , seventy - seven species . Latham enumerates sixty - three , of which the most important are the following : E. ni- valis , the snow bunting . These ...
... containing a large knob , of use to break hard seeds . There are , according to Gmelin , seventy - seven species . Latham enumerates sixty - three , of which the most important are the following : E. ni- valis , the snow bunting . These ...
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... contain of silex 64.5 , argil 16 , glucine 13 , oxide of chrome 3.25 , lime 1.6 , and water 2. The oriental emerald is a green corundum , of resplendent lustre , supe- rior in hardness to every stone but the diamond , and of the ...
... contain of silex 64.5 , argil 16 , glucine 13 , oxide of chrome 3.25 , lime 1.6 , and water 2. The oriental emerald is a green corundum , of resplendent lustre , supe- rior in hardness to every stone but the diamond , and of the ...
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... contain lead in any considerable quantity . 2. Hard porcelain , or such as is glazed with feldspar . 3. Glass , in which there is no lead , such as the common window glass . The principles of composition of these colours , and the ...
... contain lead in any considerable quantity . 2. Hard porcelain , or such as is glazed with feldspar . 3. Glass , in which there is no lead , such as the common window glass . The principles of composition of these colours , and the ...
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