Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volumen3Edward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 |
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... supposed to be turned toward a certain quarter . A geographer is conceived to stand with his face to the north , because the northern part of the earth is best known ; an astronomer looks toward the south , to observe the celestial ...
... supposed to be turned toward a certain quarter . A geographer is conceived to stand with his face to the north , because the northern part of the earth is best known ; an astronomer looks toward the south , to observe the celestial ...
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... supposed to be in its centre , and viewing it all around ; and if a small globe , with a map of the 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 ...
... supposed to be in its centre , and viewing it all around ; and if a small globe , with a map of the 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 ...
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... supposed to be sufficient to gild a silver wire equal in length to the whole circumference of the earth . With respect to its malleability , it is said that a book of twenty : tive leaves of gold , contains little more than four grains ...
... supposed to be sufficient to gild a silver wire equal in length to the whole circumference of the earth . With respect to its malleability , it is said that a book of twenty : tive leaves of gold , contains little more than four grains ...
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... supposed that the leaves of plants have the power of decomposing the carbonic acid and water also ; they emit the oxygen , while the carbon and hydrogen enter into the composition of the inflammable parts of the plant . GREEN - CLOTH ...
... supposed that the leaves of plants have the power of decomposing the carbonic acid and water also ; they emit the oxygen , while the carbon and hydrogen enter into the composition of the inflammable parts of the plant . GREEN - CLOTH ...
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... body to a considerable distance . Gun is an almost general name for fire - arms , including all kinds except the pistol and mortar . The gun is supposed to have been used in Asia at a E 2 GUN 41 If they had stolen an ox, horse, or ...
... body to a considerable distance . Gun is an almost general name for fire - arms , including all kinds except the pistol and mortar . The gun is supposed to have been used in Asia at a E 2 GUN 41 If they had stolen an ox, horse, or ...
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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.