Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volumen3Edward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 |
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... earth , supposing the eye to be fixed there , or it is a point in the ecliptic to which a planet seen from the earth is referred , GEOGRAPHY , the description of the surface of the earth , its natural divisions , and local ...
... earth , supposing the eye to be fixed there , or it is a point in the ecliptic to which a planet seen from the earth is referred , GEOGRAPHY , the description of the surface of the earth , its natural divisions , and local ...
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... earth a little space beyond the spot at which it disappears . See PLATE . GILDING , the art of covering a thing with gold , either in a foliated or liquid state . The beauty of gold has induced many attempts to imitate its appearance ...
... earth a little space beyond the spot at which it disappears . See PLATE . GILDING , the art of covering a thing with gold , either in a foliated or liquid state . The beauty of gold has induced many attempts to imitate its appearance ...
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... earth which serves as a parapet to the covered - way , sloping easily toward the champaign or fields . GLADIATORS , persons who fought for the amusement of the public in the amphitheatres in the city of Rome , and at other places under ...
... earth which serves as a parapet to the covered - way , sloping easily toward the champaign or fields . GLADIATORS , persons who fought for the amusement of the public in the amphitheatres in the city of Rome , and at other places under ...
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... earth or of the heavens , with the several circles conceived thereon for the assistance of science . Globes , as is here suggested , are of two kinds , terrestrial and celestial , each of considerable use , the one in geography , and ...
... earth or of the heavens , with the several circles conceived thereon for the assistance of science . Globes , as is here suggested , are of two kinds , terrestrial and celestial , each of considerable use , the one in geography , and ...
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... earth upon it , be placed on an axis in the centre of this starry sphere , and the sphere be made to turn round on this axis , it will represent the apparent motion of the heavens round the earth . If a great circle be so drawn upon ...
... earth upon it , be placed on an axis in the centre of this starry sphere , and the sphere be made to turn round on this axis , it will represent the apparent motion of the heavens round the earth . If a great circle be so drawn upon ...
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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.