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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... respect to an inscribed circle ; so that it is a mean proportional between two circles , having the transverse and conjugate axes for their diameters . This holds equally true of all the other corresponding parts belonging to an ...
... respect to an inscribed circle ; so that it is a mean proportional between two circles , having the transverse and conjugate axes for their diameters . This holds equally true of all the other corresponding parts belonging to an ...
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... respect to an eye placed on our earth . The term is chiefly used in speaking of Ve- nus and Mercury , the arch of a great circle intercepted between either of these planets and the Sun , being called the elongation of that planet from ...
... respect to an eye placed on our earth . The term is chiefly used in speaking of Ve- nus and Mercury , the arch of a great circle intercepted between either of these planets and the Sun , being called the elongation of that planet from ...
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... the hose through the pipe , w ; the piston being turned the other way , reverses the operation with respect to the valves , though it continues the same in itself . The pipe C 2 ENG ENG ENFRANCHISEMENT, in law, the ...
... the hose through the pipe , w ; the piston being turned the other way , reverses the operation with respect to the valves , though it continues the same in itself . The pipe C 2 ENG ENG ENFRANCHISEMENT, in law, the ...
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... respect to the head and ears . It is either of a milk white or cream colour , adorned on every part with brownish - black stripes , running trans- versely on the limbs and body , and longi- tudinally on the face , and arranged with ...
... respect to the head and ears . It is either of a milk white or cream colour , adorned on every part with brownish - black stripes , running trans- versely on the limbs and body , and longi- tudinally on the face , and arranged with ...
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... respect to the number of owners , estates in all the above three re- spects may be held by one or amongst many in four ways , in severalty , in joint tenancy , i coparcenary , or in common . Severalty is the holding lands , & c . as the ...
... respect to the number of owners , estates in all the above three re- spects may be held by one or amongst many in four ways , in severalty , in joint tenancy , i coparcenary , or in common . Severalty is the holding lands , & c . as the ...
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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...