American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 6Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... arms in the Temple of Hercules . There are few nations which have not imitated this strange custom , in a greater or less degree , at different periods of their history ; and less than a century past there were gladiators in London ...
... arms in the Temple of Hercules . There are few nations which have not imitated this strange custom , in a greater or less degree , at different periods of their history ; and less than a century past there were gladiators in London ...
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... arms a b at its ends , which are a little inclined to the horizon ; the operator , when at work , sits upon the stool , and lays his blowing tube d across the arms , as shown in the figure . Fig . 3 , are a pair of shears , or rather ...
... arms a b at its ends , which are a little inclined to the horizon ; the operator , when at work , sits upon the stool , and lays his blowing tube d across the arms , as shown in the figure . Fig . 3 , are a pair of shears , or rather ...
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... arm a b , and with his left hand rolls the pipe along the arms , turning the glass and pipe round at the same time ; in his right hand he holds the pliers , fig . 3 , whose blades are rubbed over with a small piece of bees ' - wax , and ...
... arm a b , and with his left hand rolls the pipe along the arms , turning the glass and pipe round at the same time ; in his right hand he holds the pliers , fig . 3 , whose blades are rubbed over with a small piece of bees ' - wax , and ...
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... arm , all percep- tion , intelligence , and action ; but after a manner not at all corporeal , not at all like men ; after a manner altogether unknown He is destitute of all body and bodily shape , and therefore cannot be seen , heard ...
... arm , all percep- tion , intelligence , and action ; but after a manner not at all corporeal , not at all like men ; after a manner altogether unknown He is destitute of all body and bodily shape , and therefore cannot be seen , heard ...
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... arm- ed with a negative power , sufficient to repel any innovation which it shall think inexpedient or dangerous . " See Mo- NARCHY . GOUGE , an instrument or tool used by divers artificers , being a sort of round hollow chisel for ...
... arm- ed with a negative power , sufficient to repel any innovation which it shall think inexpedient or dangerous . " See Mo- NARCHY . GOUGE , an instrument or tool used by divers artificers , being a sort of round hollow chisel for ...
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