Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 18, Part 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 17
... entirely omitted . We mult content ourselves with fhowing the leading mechanical property of this curve , from which the mathematician may deduce all its geometrical properties . Thus , if the forces be as the fquares of the exten frons ...
... entirely omitted . We mult content ourselves with fhowing the leading mechanical property of this curve , from which the mathematician may deduce all its geometrical properties . Thus , if the forces be as the fquares of the exten frons ...
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... entirely from the caffowary , which has three toes complete . The oftrich is without doubt the largest of all birds : it is nearly eight feet in length , and when ftanding upright from fix to eight feet in height . We are told in the ...
... entirely from the caffowary , which has three toes complete . The oftrich is without doubt the largest of all birds : it is nearly eight feet in length , and when ftanding upright from fix to eight feet in height . We are told in the ...
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... entirely at his own charge ; and mounted them fo completely and richly , that they are faid to have coft him 12,000l . This troop , with Sir John at its head , behaved fo ill in the engagement with the Scots , upon the English borders ...
... entirely at his own charge ; and mounted them fo completely and richly , that they are faid to have coft him 12,000l . This troop , with Sir John at its head , behaved fo ill in the engagement with the Scots , upon the English borders ...
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... entirely the work of art . country befides has not a drop of fresh water , and to fup- ply the inhabitants , it must be brought as far as from the Nile . The SUET , The best and only method therefore of effecting this junction , is that ...
... entirely the work of art . country befides has not a drop of fresh water , and to fup- ply the inhabitants , it must be brought as far as from the Nile . The SUET , The best and only method therefore of effecting this junction , is that ...
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... entirely eaten ! The ingenious author from whofe work we have taken this account of the Romish doctrine concerning the real -prefence , may perhaps reject our inference that the or- thodox members of his church muft believe the foul and ...
... entirely eaten ! The ingenious author from whofe work we have taken this account of the Romish doctrine concerning the real -prefence , may perhaps reject our inference that the or- thodox members of his church muft believe the foul and ...
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