The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... directions and means to be employed in engraving historical subjects ; indeed the graver is equally necessary for the completion of imperfections in etching , to which must be added the use of the dry point in both , for making the ...
... directions and means to be employed in engraving historical subjects ; indeed the graver is equally necessary for the completion of imperfections in etching , to which must be added the use of the dry point in both , for making the ...
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... directions for etching beyond those already given are useless , and he will acquire more knowledge and freedom from copying good prints in one week than a quarto volume of observations would afford . It seems almost needless to add ...
... directions for etching beyond those already given are useless , and he will acquire more knowledge and freedom from copying good prints in one week than a quarto volume of observations would afford . It seems almost needless to add ...
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... direction of the mountains , presents fre- quently declivities of several hundred yards . On arriving at one of these the mule , for a moment halts , and no effort of the rider can for the time urge it forward . It ap- pears alarmed at ...
... direction of the mountains , presents fre- quently declivities of several hundred yards . On arriving at one of these the mule , for a moment halts , and no effort of the rider can for the time urge it forward . It ap- pears alarmed at ...
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... direction post , placed in the meet- ing of several roads , guiding men to the true knowledge of the nature of that thing they are inquiring after ; or , on account of its being a kind of torture , whereby the na- ture of the thing is ...
... direction post , placed in the meet- ing of several roads , guiding men to the true knowledge of the nature of that thing they are inquiring after ; or , on account of its being a kind of torture , whereby the na- ture of the thing is ...
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... direction , and would occasion the circle of fungi continu- ally to proceed , by an annual enlargement , from the centre outwards . An appearance of luxuriance of the grass would follow as a natural consequence , as the soil of an in ...
... direction , and would occasion the circle of fungi continu- ally to proceed , by an annual enlargement , from the centre outwards . An appearance of luxuriance of the grass would follow as a natural consequence , as the soil of an in ...
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