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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... sides , but not parallel to the base . See CONIC SECTIONS . The easiest way of describing this curve , in plano ... side , is called a diameter ; and two dia- meters , which naturally bisect all the parallels to each other , bounded ...
... sides , but not parallel to the base . See CONIC SECTIONS . The easiest way of describing this curve , in plano ... side , is called a diameter ; and two dia- meters , which naturally bisect all the parallels to each other , bounded ...
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... side by obtuse points , they are said to be ob- tusely emarginated ; whereas , when these points are acute , they are called acutely emarginated . EMBALMING , is the opening a dead body , taking out the intestines , and filling the ...
... side by obtuse points , they are said to be ob- tusely emarginated ; whereas , when these points are acute , they are called acutely emarginated . EMBALMING , is the opening a dead body , taking out the intestines , and filling the ...
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... side ; and if they are guilty of treason , felony , & c . or any other crime against the law of nations , they lose ... sides narrowed in ; the upper containing a large knob , of use to break hard seeds . There are , according to Gmelin ...
... side ; and if they are guilty of treason , felony , & c . or any other crime against the law of nations , they lose ... sides narrowed in ; the upper containing a large knob , of use to break hard seeds . There are , according to Gmelin ...
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... side towards the town , and a foot and a half on the other side towards the field ; so that the muzzle may be sunk on occasion , and the piece brought to shoot low . EMBROCATION , in surgery , an ex- ternal kind of remedy , which ...
... side towards the town , and a foot and a half on the other side towards the field ; so that the muzzle may be sunk on occasion , and the piece brought to shoot low . EMBROCATION , in surgery , an ex- ternal kind of remedy , which ...
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... sides are squares , and bases equilateral tri- angles . The most common variety of its crystals is the regular six - sided ... side turned foremost , to cover his breast , and buttoned close at the collar behind ; he wore a kind of rusty ...
... sides are squares , and bases equilateral tri- angles . The most common variety of its crystals is the regular six - sided ... side turned foremost , to cover his breast , and buttoned close at the collar behind ; he wore a kind of rusty ...
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