The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... close of the year 1781 , being sensible of his approaching dissolution , he disposed of his whole mathematical library to a book- seller at York ; and on May the 20th , 1782 , his lingering and painful disorder put an end to his life ...
... close of the year 1781 , being sensible of his approaching dissolution , he disposed of his whole mathematical library to a book- seller at York ; and on May the 20th , 1782 , his lingering and painful disorder put an end to his life ...
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... close of the year 1781 , being sensible of his approaching dissolution , he disposed of his whole mathematical library to a book seller at York ; and on May the 20th , 1782 , his lingering and painful disorder put an end to his life ...
... close of the year 1781 , being sensible of his approaching dissolution , he disposed of his whole mathematical library to a book seller at York ; and on May the 20th , 1782 , his lingering and painful disorder put an end to his life ...
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... close cap is screwed on , and another brass cap at H , within the chest is screwed upwards on its socket , to open ... close at top , and the pump rods pass through close stuffing boxes , through which no water will leak by them . The ...
... close cap is screwed on , and another brass cap at H , within the chest is screwed upwards on its socket , to open ... close at top , and the pump rods pass through close stuffing boxes , through which no water will leak by them . The ...
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... close pipe down the slope of a hill 200 fathoms long , with 26 fathoms fall ; then perpendicularly six fathoms , till it arrives at B , and thence through the engine from B to S two fathoms ; at the turn , B , the water enters into a ...
... close pipe down the slope of a hill 200 fathoms long , with 26 fathoms fall ; then perpendicularly six fathoms , till it arrives at B , and thence through the engine from B to S two fathoms ; at the turn , B , the water enters into a ...
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... 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 writing ...
... 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 writing ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3 The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, William Nicholson |
| Author | William Nicholson |
| Publisher | C. Whittingham, 1809 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2006 |
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