The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 4 |
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... body of water , in the branch- drains of the first level , equal to every pur- pose , and obviates the mischief that ... body irritable , which becomes shorter by being touched : very irritable , if it contracts upon a slight touch ...
... body of water , in the branch- drains of the first level , equal to every pur- pose , and obviates the mischief that ... body irritable , which becomes shorter by being touched : very irritable , if it contracts upon a slight touch ...
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... bodies of a different genus , have the same properties . Bartholine , Huygens , and Sir Isaac Newton , have de- scribed the body at large , but have ac- counted it either a crystal or a tale ; errors which could not have happened , had ...
... bodies of a different genus , have the same properties . Bartholine , Huygens , and Sir Isaac Newton , have de- scribed the body at large , but have ac- counted it either a crystal or a tale ; errors which could not have happened , had ...
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... body is supposed to descend without any acceleration . M. Leibnitz shows , that an heavy body , with a degree of velocity acquired by the descent from any height , may descend from the same point by an infinite number of isochronal ...
... body is supposed to descend without any acceleration . M. Leibnitz shows , that an heavy body , with a degree of velocity acquired by the descent from any height , may descend from the same point by an infinite number of isochronal ...
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... body , land , and goods . Where a judge has an interest , neither he nor his deputy can determine a cause , or sit ... bodies of coaches ; with the cabinet- maker , for inlayings , especially the firm and close timber about the root ...
... body , land , and goods . Where a judge has an interest , neither he nor his deputy can determine a cause , or sit ... bodies of coaches ; with the cabinet- maker , for inlayings , especially the firm and close timber about the root ...
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... body is sometimes covered with scales , and sometimes not . With a very few ex- ceptions , they have spines in the ... body long , semi - cylindri- cal , consisting of numerous transverse seg . ments ; legs numerous , twice as many on ...
... body is sometimes covered with scales , and sometimes not . With a very few ex- ceptions , they have spines in the ... body long , semi - cylindri- cal , consisting of numerous transverse seg . ments ; legs numerous , twice as many on ...
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