The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... four times in the year , viz . the Wednesday , Fri- day , and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent , after Whit - sunday , after the four- teenth of September , and the thirteenth of December ; it being enjoined , by a canon of the ...
... four times in the year , viz . the Wednesday , Fri- day , and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent , after Whit - sunday , after the four- teenth of September , and the thirteenth of December ; it being enjoined , by a canon of the ...
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... four - cleft ; corolla none : female , calyx four- cleft , inferior ; corolla none ; stigma cylin- dric , placed on the lateral toothlet of the potters ' white lead , which consists of four parts EME EMP.
... four - cleft ; corolla none : female , calyx four- cleft , inferior ; corolla none ; stigma cylin- dric , placed on the lateral toothlet of the potters ' white lead , which consists of four parts EME EMP.
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... four ; nitre , four ; borax , two ; oxide of tin three ; oxide of cobalt , one - eighth of a part , gave a smooth pearl co- loured enamel , not brittle or subject to crack , and capable of enduring sudden changes of heat and cold , as ...
... four ; nitre , four ; borax , two ; oxide of tin three ; oxide of cobalt , one - eighth of a part , gave a smooth pearl co- loured enamel , not brittle or subject to crack , and capable of enduring sudden changes of heat and cold , as ...
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... four - ninths of that charge which is equivalent to the power , or will but just keep the machine in equilibrio . In all machines the power will just sus- tain the weight , when they are in the in- verse ratio of their distances from ...
... four - ninths of that charge which is equivalent to the power , or will but just keep the machine in equilibrio . In all machines the power will just sus- tain the weight , when they are in the in- verse ratio of their distances from ...
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... four inches in diameter ; in which two plugs or pistons of lead , D and E , are capable of moving up and down by their piston rods , which pass through a close packing above , and are attached to the extremities of a chain leading over ...
... four inches in diameter ; in which two plugs or pistons of lead , D and E , are capable of moving up and down by their piston rods , which pass through a close packing above , and are attached to the extremities of a chain leading over ...
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Page 13 - The next Ulysses, measuring pace with pace; Behind him, diligently close, he sped, As closely following as the running thread The spindle follows, and displays the charms Of the fair spinster's breast, and moving arms : Graceful in motion thus his foe he plies, And treads each footstep ere the dust can rise: His glowing breath upon his shoulders plays ; Th...