Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volumen2Edward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 - 415 páginas |
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... vessels of the human body from an expanded to a more contracted state . In an absolute sense , it signifies the cause of that transition ; or , in general , the cause of the contraction of every substance , whe- ther solid or fluid , in ...
... vessels of the human body from an expanded to a more contracted state . In an absolute sense , it signifies the cause of that transition ; or , in general , the cause of the contraction of every substance , whe- ther solid or fluid , in ...
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... vessel . In the centre of the needle is fixed a brass conical socket or cup , by means of which , the card hanging on the pin turns freely round the centre . The top of the box is covered with a glass , that the card's motion may not be ...
... vessel . In the centre of the needle is fixed a brass conical socket or cup , by means of which , the card hanging on the pin turns freely round the centre . The top of the box is covered with a glass , that the card's motion may not be ...
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... vessels for brewing and other extensive pur- poses , stands , in both respects , the highest in the scale . COPAL , improperly called gum - copal , a gum of the resinous kind , the concrete juice of a tree called rhus copallinum , which ...
... vessels for brewing and other extensive pur- poses , stands , in both respects , the highest in the scale . COPAL , improperly called gum - copal , a gum of the resinous kind , the concrete juice of a tree called rhus copallinum , which ...
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... a sharp knife , cut into pieces adapted , by their soft yet firm texture , for closing liquor - vessels . The workers at this business , which is sedentary , ample in its operation , are frequently women , who earn 7 , 8 , or 10s . a 68 ...
... a sharp knife , cut into pieces adapted , by their soft yet firm texture , for closing liquor - vessels . The workers at this business , which is sedentary , ample in its operation , are frequently women , who earn 7 , 8 , or 10s . a 68 ...
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... vessels of Barbary , which , since the beginning of the sixteenth century , have infested the Mediterranean . CORTES , a Spanish term signifying the states or assembly of the states : they were formerly held at Madrid , but since the ...
... vessels of Barbary , which , since the beginning of the sixteenth century , have infested the Mediterranean . CORTES , a Spanish term signifying the states or assembly of the states : they were formerly held at Madrid , but since the ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 123 - We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God.
Página 344 - Or, as the whole stock, is to the whole gain or loss, So is each man's particular stock, To his particular share of the gain or loss.
Página 51 - The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, And next the crab the lion shines, The virgin and the scales, The scorpion, archer, and sea-goat, The man that holds the watering-pot, And fish with glittering tails.
Página 428 - ... 3. In most places he had a power of devising lands by will, before the statute for that purpose was made. 4. The lands descend not to the eldest, youngest, or any one son only, but to all the sons together...
Página 124 - That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch...
Página 37 - When those companies do not trade upon a joint stock, but are obliged to admit any person, properly qualified, upon paying a certain fine, and agreeing to submit to the regulations of the company, each member trading upon his own stock, and at his own risk, they are called regulated companies.
Página 51 - The names of the signs of the zodiac are: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces.
Página 72 - ... care. But how was this to be effected ? The freehold was vested in the parson; and, if we suppose it vested in his natural capacity, on his death it might descend to his heir, and would be liable to his debts and...
Página 221 - Britain, to deliver and set forth the judgment of the sessions, in the face of the sun, and in the eye of the light, on all, with respect to genius and moral conduct, who may seek for presid^ncy and privilege.
Página 333 - When two adjacent circles meet, and interfere with each other's progress, they not only do not cross each other, but both circles are invariably obliterated between the points of contact : for the exhaustion occasioned by each obstructs the progress of the other, and both are starved.