British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 |
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... whole . ELOGY , a praise or panegyric bestow- ed on any person or thing , in considera- tion of its merit . The beauty of elogy consists in an expressive brevity . Elogi- ums should not have so much as one epi- thet , properly so called ...
... whole . ELOGY , a praise or panegyric bestow- ed on any person or thing , in considera- tion of its merit . The beauty of elogy consists in an expressive brevity . Elogi- ums should not have so much as one epi- thet , properly so called ...
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... whole month to the lunar year every third year , and so made it consist of 13 months ; this year they called the embo- lismic year , and the additional month the embolismic , or embolimean , or interca- lary month . This form of the ...
... whole month to the lunar year every third year , and so made it consist of 13 months ; this year they called the embo- lismic year , and the additional month the embolismic , or embolimean , or interca- lary month . This form of the ...
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... whole mathemati- cal library to a bookseller at York ; and on May the 20th , 1782 , his lingering and pain- ful disorder put an end to his life , at his na- tive village , being nearly 81 years of age . Mr. Emerson , in his person , was ...
... whole mathemati- cal library to a bookseller at York ; and on May the 20th , 1782 , his lingering and pain- ful disorder put an end to his life , at his na- tive village , being nearly 81 years of age . Mr. Emerson , in his person , was ...
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... whole length of the cylinder , and closed by covers , hh , screwed on : ik , are square openings ( shown by dotted squares in fig . 3. in the cylinder , communicating with the cham- bers : fg , m , are two valves , closing their ends of ...
... whole length of the cylinder , and closed by covers , hh , screwed on : ik , are square openings ( shown by dotted squares in fig . 3. in the cylinder , communicating with the cham- bers : fg , m , are two valves , closing their ends of ...
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... whole ; that is to say , in 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 ...
... whole ; that is to say , in 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 ...
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