American Edition of the 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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... feet distant from one another , eve- ry one of them being from six to seven feet wide without , and about three within ; their height above the platform is three feet on that side towards the town , and a foot and a half on the other ...
... feet distant from one another , eve- ry one of them being from six to seven feet wide without , and about three within ; their height above the platform is three feet on that side towards the town , and a foot and a half on the other ...
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... feet ; VOL . V. the muscles are affixed to the internal surface of the skin , which is a substance more or less strong , and sometimes very hard and horny ; they do not breathe like larger animals , by lungs or gills situated in the ...
... feet ; VOL . V. the muscles are affixed to the internal surface of the skin , which is a substance more or less strong , and sometimes very hard and horny ; they do not breathe like larger animals , by lungs or gills situated in the ...
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... feet , covered with either a hard crust or a hairy skin . As in- troductory to the distinguishing marks of the orders and genera , it will be ne- cessary to enumerate and explain the terms given to the different parts , and the most ...
... feet , covered with either a hard crust or a hairy skin . As in- troductory to the distinguishing marks of the orders and genera , it will be ne- cessary to enumerate and explain the terms given to the different parts , and the most ...
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... feet : they are found in most of the southern parts of the Russian dominions , from the Volga to the Lena , and southwards to Persia and India . The berries are sweetish , mu- cose , and leave a little heat in the throat : they are ...
... feet : they are found in most of the southern parts of the Russian dominions , from the Volga to the Lena , and southwards to Persia and India . The berries are sweetish , mu- cose , and leave a little heat in the throat : they are ...
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... feet 1 yard . Hence , if we put a for a foot , and b for a yard , we shall have the equation 3 a = b , in algebraical charac- ters . See ALGEBRA . EQUATIONS , construction of , in alge- bra , is the finding the roots or unknown ...
... feet 1 yard . Hence , if we put a for a foot , and b for a yard , we shall have the equation 3 a = b , in algebraical charac- ters . See ALGEBRA . EQUATIONS , construction of , in alge- bra , is the finding the roots or unknown ...
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