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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... earth . The term is chiefly used in speaking of Ve- nus and Mercury , the arch of a great circle intercepted between ... earth and planet touches the or- bit . For after that , the true distance of the planet from the Sun may increase ...
... earth . The term is chiefly used in speaking of Ve- nus and Mercury , the arch of a great circle intercepted between ... earth and planet touches the or- bit . For after that , the true distance of the planet from the Sun may increase ...
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... earth or unglazed por- celain . Concerning the several particular Colours . After having collected the several pheno- mena which each class of vitrifiable colours offer with regard to the bodies on which they are placed , we must shew ...
... earth or unglazed por- celain . Concerning the several particular Colours . After having collected the several pheno- mena which each class of vitrifiable colours offer with regard to the bodies on which they are placed , we must shew ...
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... earth , sometimes in form of a simple para- pet , and at others , like a small rampart with a parapet : it is raised sometimes on the ditch , and sometimes beyond it . ENVOY , a person deputed to negotiate some affair with any foreign ...
... earth , sometimes in form of a simple para- pet , and at others , like a small rampart with a parapet : it is raised sometimes on the ditch , and sometimes beyond it . ENVOY , a person deputed to negotiate some affair with any foreign ...
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... earth , gabions , or fascines , loaded with earth . The epaulements of the places of arms for the cavalry , at the entrance of the trenches , are generally of fascines mixed with earth . EPAULETTES , in military dress , are a sort of ...
... earth , gabions , or fascines , loaded with earth . The epaulements of the places of arms for the cavalry , at the entrance of the trenches , are generally of fascines mixed with earth . EPAULETTES , in military dress , are a sort of ...
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... earth's orbit round him , and is 16 such the sun and the earth is 1000 ; whence some parts , of which the mean distance between have called it the equation of the centre , which , when greatest , is 1 ° 56 ′ 20 ′′ . is 11 ′ 40 ′′ ; of ...
... earth's orbit round him , and is 16 such the sun and the earth is 1000 ; whence some parts , of which the mean distance between have called it the equation of the centre , which , when greatest , is 1 ° 56 ′ 20 ′′ . is 11 ′ 40 ′′ ; of ...
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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...