Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volumen3Edward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 |
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... according to the profession of the person by whom it is used ; because , according to that , bis face is supposed to be turned toward a certain quarter . A geographer is conceived to stand with his face to the north , because the ...
... according to the profession of the person by whom it is used ; because , according to that , bis face is supposed to be turned toward a certain quarter . A geographer is conceived to stand with his face to the north , because the ...
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... according to their several ends . The latest authors upon this subject , which is one that has been variously explained , describe the glands as sieves , whose perforations being of different sizes , though of the same figure , only ...
... according to their several ends . The latest authors upon this subject , which is one that has been variously explained , describe the glands as sieves , whose perforations being of different sizes , though of the same figure , only ...
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... according to the alloy . It is the heaviest of all known bodies , platina only excepted ; and remarkable for peculiar ductility and malleability . One grain of gold , it is said , may be so stretched out as to cover 98 Swedish ells , or ...
... according to the alloy . It is the heaviest of all known bodies , platina only excepted ; and remarkable for peculiar ductility and malleability . One grain of gold , it is said , may be so stretched out as to cover 98 Swedish ells , or ...
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... according to the purpose for which it is designed : that intended for goldwire is much thicker than that for the frames of pictures . Gold is beaten on a block of marble , with hammers of polished iron . It is first reduced from the ...
... according to the purpose for which it is designed : that intended for goldwire is much thicker than that for the frames of pictures . Gold is beaten on a block of marble , with hammers of polished iron . It is first reduced from the ...
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... ( according to the process of wire - drawing ) in order to bring it to the requisite fineness , which is sometimes equal to that of an hair . Before each time of drawing , it is covered with wax , to save the gold from being worn away ...
... ( according to the process of wire - drawing ) in order to bring it to the requisite fineness , which is sometimes equal to that of an hair . Before each time of drawing , it is covered with wax , to save the gold from being worn away ...
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Página 359 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Página 45 - This is a high prerogative writ, and therefore by the common law issuing out of the court of king's bench not only in term-time, but also during the vacation, by a fiat from the chief justice or any other of the judges, and running into all parts of the king's dominions; for the king is at all times entitled to have an account, why the liberty of any of his subjects is restrained, wherever that restraint may be inflicted.
Página 319 - Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon.
Página 5 - A Proposition, is something which is either proposed to be done, or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem.
Página 5 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as ABD E.
Página 228 - But every man, when he enters into society, gives up a part of his natural liberty, as the price of so valuable a purchase ; and in consideration of receiving the advantages of mutual commerce, obliges himself to conform to those laws, which the community has thought proper to establish.
Página 361 - Odin is believed to have been the name of the one true god among the first colonies who came from the East, and peopled Germany and Scandinavia, and among their posterity for several ages.
Página 327 - The study of natural history, simple, beautiful, and instructive, consists in the collection, arrangement, and exhibition of the various productions of the earth.
Página 333 - Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Página 144 - An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to, and presented upon oath by, a grand jury.