The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... globe , equidistant from its poles , and dividing it into two equal hemispheres ; one north and the other south . It ... globe , whose poles are the poles of the world . It is so called , because whenever the sun comes to this circle ...
... globe , equidistant from its poles , and dividing it into two equal hemispheres ; one north and the other south . It ... globe , whose poles are the poles of the world . It is so called , because whenever the sun comes to this circle ...
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... globe has the breeding of the horse been at- tended to on more enlarged and philoso- phic principles than in Great Britain , and with such success have the efforts of the English on this subject been attended , that their horses are in ...
... globe has the breeding of the horse been at- tended to on more enlarged and philoso- phic principles than in Great Britain , and with such success have the efforts of the English on this subject been attended , that their horses are in ...
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... globe at 35 inches . Now , 35 inches from every square inch , on the superficies of the globe , make 94,450 cubic miles , equal to the water annually evaporated over the whole globe . Was this prodigious mass of water all to subsist in ...
... globe at 35 inches . Now , 35 inches from every square inch , on the superficies of the globe , make 94,450 cubic miles , equal to the water annually evaporated over the whole globe . Was this prodigious mass of water all to subsist in ...
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... globes , were however the fore- runners of his mild passage out of this life . While he was amusing himself at tea with one of his grand children , he was struck with an apoplexy which terminated his illustrious career at seventy - six ...
... globes , were however the fore- runners of his mild passage out of this life . While he was amusing himself at tea with one of his grand children , he was struck with an apoplexy which terminated his illustrious career at seventy - six ...
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... globe , a cylinder , or a plate of glass , and the conducting rubber is usually a cushion upon which a mixture of the amalgam of zinc , with a little tallow has been smeared . It is found to be a condition , that atmospheric air should ...
... globe , a cylinder , or a plate of glass , and the conducting rubber is usually a cushion upon which a mixture of the amalgam of zinc , with a little tallow has been smeared . It is found to be a condition , that atmospheric air should ...
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