The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... arms , batteries , and lodgments , taking care that none of their works be flanked or discovered from the place . After making a faithful report to the general of what is a doing , the engineers are to demand a suffi- cient number of ...
... arms , batteries , and lodgments , taking care that none of their works be flanked or discovered from the place . After making a faithful report to the general of what is a doing , the engineers are to demand a suffi- cient number of ...
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... arm close to the side , placing the fore fin- ger of the left hand on the upper side of the tool when on the stone . This instru- ment is used for finishing the imperfections discoverable in etchings , and exclusively in engraving ...
... arm close to the side , placing the fore fin- ger of the left hand on the upper side of the tool when on the stone . This instru- ment is used for finishing the imperfections discoverable in etchings , and exclusively in engraving ...
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... arms , and devices painted on them in different colours : the Turkish ensigns are horses ' tails . ENSIGN is also the officer that carries the colours , being the lowest commissioned of ficer in a company of foot , subordinate to the ...
... arms , and devices painted on them in different colours : the Turkish ensigns are horses ' tails . ENSIGN is also the officer that carries the colours , being the lowest commissioned of ficer in a company of foot , subordinate to the ...
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... 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 shoulder - knot . They are badges of distinction worn on one or both shoulders ...
... 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 shoulder - knot . They are badges of distinction worn on one or both shoulders ...
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... arms are not to be expressed , because neither this cross nor these arms can be of any other colour but white and black . ERNODEA , in botany , a genus of the Tetrandria Monogynia class and order . Essential character : calyx four ...
... arms are not to be expressed , because neither this cross nor these arms can be of any other colour but white and black . ERNODEA , in botany , a genus of the Tetrandria Monogynia class and order . Essential character : calyx four ...
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