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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... greater number of acres whatever , b . In order to the solution of this problem , let the greater number , b , be supposed a square ; let x be one side of an oblong , whose area is a ; then will be the other a 2 side ; and 2 + 2 x will ...
... greater number of acres whatever , b . In order to the solution of this problem , let the greater number , b , be supposed a square ; let x be one side of an oblong , whose area is a ; then will be the other a 2 side ; and 2 + 2 x will ...
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... greater num- ber of riders than any other vessel of war ; and indeed this reinforcement is absolutely necessary to sustain the violent shock pro- duced by the discharge of their mortars , which would otherwise in a very short time ...
... greater num- ber of riders than any other vessel of war ; and indeed this reinforcement is absolutely necessary to sustain the violent shock pro- duced by the discharge of their mortars , which would otherwise in a very short time ...
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... greater or smaller extent , according to the mutual situation of the pieces which they are designed to unite . One branch is securely bolted to one of the dock - beams , and the other in the same manner strongly attached to a corres ...
... greater or smaller extent , according to the mutual situation of the pieces which they are designed to unite . One branch is securely bolted to one of the dock - beams , and the other in the same manner strongly attached to a corres ...
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... greater exactness by making the capacity of speech the criterion of distinction between man and the brute creation . Many animals are capable of acquainting others of the same , and even of a different species , with the feel- ings of ...
... greater exactness by making the capacity of speech the criterion of distinction between man and the brute creation . Many animals are capable of acquainting others of the same , and even of a different species , with the feel- ings of ...
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... greater liberty of inversion is practicable than in those in which such coalescence has not at all oc- curred , or but incompletely . In other words , where the noun , adnoun , and verb , admit of flexion , there the arrangement depends ...
... greater liberty of inversion is practicable than in those in which such coalescence has not at all oc- curred , or but incompletely . In other words , where the noun , adnoun , and verb , admit of flexion , there the arrangement depends ...
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