Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Band 3Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... direction of the admiralty . This office is generally well stocked with naval stores , which are sold occasionally to the mer- chants . The trading ships convey provisions to the frontier towns of Terkie and Kislar , situated on the ...
... direction of the admiralty . This office is generally well stocked with naval stores , which are sold occasionally to the mer- chants . The trading ships convey provisions to the frontier towns of Terkie and Kislar , situated on the ...
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... direction contrary to that motion , is easily ascertained , by observing with care the changes which take place in the starry hemisphere during a complete year . If we note the time at which any particular star rises , we shall find ...
... direction contrary to that motion , is easily ascertained , by observing with care the changes which take place in the starry hemisphere during a complete year . If we note the time at which any particular star rises , we shall find ...
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... direction as the sun . The orbit of the sun is gradually approaching to the equator . Its obliquity diminishes in a century at the rate of about 1 " .50 . The precision of modern astronomers has enabled them to ascertain small ...
... direction as the sun . The orbit of the sun is gradually approaching to the equator . Its obliquity diminishes in a century at the rate of about 1 " .50 . The precision of modern astronomers has enabled them to ascertain small ...
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... direction with its motion in its or- bit round the earth . By a careful examination of the motion of these spots , it has been ascertained that the sun turns round its axis in about 25 days and a half , and that its equator is inclined ...
... direction with its motion in its or- bit round the earth . By a careful examination of the motion of these spots , it has been ascertained that the sun turns round its axis in about 25 days and a half , and that its equator is inclined ...
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... direction , which evidently de- noted a propelling force acting the same way in them all . I am , however , well prepared to distinguish be- tween facts observed , and the cousequences that in rea- soning upon them we may draw from them ...
... direction , which evidently de- noted a propelling force acting the same way in them all . I am , however , well prepared to distinguish be- tween facts observed , and the cousequences that in rea- soning upon them we may draw from them ...
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Seite 59 - Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Gemini the Twins, Cancer the Crab, Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, Libra the Balance, Scorpio the Scorpion, Sagittarius the Archer, Capricornus the Goat, Aquarius the Waterbearer, and Pisces the Fishes...
Seite 396 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Seite 366 - This credit was called bank money, which, as it represented money exactly according to the standard of the mint, was always of the same real value, and intrinsically worth more than current money.
Seite 215 - ... to be said in his favour. Upon judgment therefore of death, and not before, the attainder of a criminal commences: or upon such circumstances as are equivalent to judgment of death ; as judgment of outlawry on a capital crime, pronounced for absconding or fleeing from justice, which tacitly confesses the guilt. And therefore either upon judgment of outlawry, or of death, for treason or felony, a man shall be said to be attainted.
Seite 220 - My friend " ' Pope, considering your infirmities, and my age and " ' exile, it is not likely we should ever meet again, " ' and therefore I give you this legacy to remember " ' me by. Take it home with yo.u, and let me advise "
Seite 297 - Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
Seite 396 - ... seised to the use of, the bargainee : and then the statute of uses completes the purchase ' ; or, as it hath been well expressed m, the bargain first vests the use, and then the statute vests the possession.
Seite 222 - He has so much regard to. his congregation, that he commits to his memory what he has to say to them ; and has so soft and graceful a behaviour, that it must attract your attention. His person...
Seite 218 - Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God ? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.