Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland [ed. by W. Smellie]. Suppl. to the 3rd. ed., by G. Gleig, Հատոր 12 |
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... sea ; so that it is peculiarly fitted for bringing off mariners from wrecks during a storm , and thus faving many valuable lives . The life - boat was first conceived at South Shields , in the county of Durham . A committee of the inha ...
... sea ; so that it is peculiarly fitted for bringing off mariners from wrecks during a storm , and thus faving many valuable lives . The life - boat was first conceived at South Shields , in the county of Durham . A committee of the inha ...
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... sea , than the long oar , and its stroke is more certain . ( B ) An extraordinary cafe might certainly happen , when a forcible combination of the wind , the waves , and .. the tide , might render it impracticable to row the life - boat ...
... sea , than the long oar , and its stroke is more certain . ( B ) An extraordinary cafe might certainly happen , when a forcible combination of the wind , the waves , and .. the tide , might render it impracticable to row the life - boat ...
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... sea water , he is , nevertheless , of opinion , that the fcintillation and flaming light of the fea pro- ceed from the oily and greasy fubftances with which it is impregnated . The abbé Nollet was long of opinion , that the light of the ...
... sea water , he is , nevertheless , of opinion , that the fcintillation and flaming light of the fea pro- ceed from the oily and greasy fubftances with which it is impregnated . The abbé Nollet was long of opinion , that the light of the ...
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... sea not to have them above forty - two feet asunder . The length of each knot ought to be the fame part of a fea mile as half a minute is of an hour ; and ad- mitting the measurement of Mr Norwood , who makes a degree on a great circle ...
... sea not to have them above forty - two feet asunder . The length of each knot ought to be the fame part of a fea mile as half a minute is of an hour ; and ad- mitting the measurement of Mr Norwood , who makes a degree on a great circle ...
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... Sea Company , and fome Infurance Compa- nies . The most of thefe companies have stately houses for tranfacting their business , particularly the East In- dia and South Sea companies . See COMPANY . con alfo two fubordinate kinds of ...
... Sea Company , and fome Infurance Compa- nies . The most of thefe companies have stately houses for tranfacting their business , particularly the East In- dia and South Sea companies . See COMPANY . con alfo two fubordinate kinds of ...
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Էջ 233 - A body of nobility is also more peculiarly necessary in our mixed and compounded constitution, in order to support the rights of both the crown and the people, by forming a barrier to withstand the encroachments of both.
Էջ 269 - I am lawfully called," said he, " to appear in that city, and thither will I go in the name of the Lord, though as many devils as there are tiles on the houses were there combined against me.
Էջ 290 - Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her...
Էջ 233 - ... to be precarious. The nobility, therefore, are the pillars, which are reared from among the people, more immediately to support the throne; and, if that falls, they must also be buried under its ruins.
Էջ 152 - ... as there are a great many other ways by which heat might have been communicated to it. And if we cannot argue from the removal of the antecedent to the removal of the consequent, no more can we from the admission of the consequent to the admis.
Էջ 72 - The logarithm of the root of a number is found by dividing the logarithm of the number by the index of the root.
Էջ 327 - These being of different standing and proficiency, he was obliged to divide them into four or five classes, in each of which he employed a full hour every day, from the first of Nov. to the first of June. In the first class he taught the first six books of " Euclid's Elements," plain trigonometry, practical geometry, the elements of fortification, and an introduction to algebra.
Էջ 14 - ... it, for fome minutes, globules of light as large as the heads of pins. When he prefled thefe globules, they appeared to his touch like a foft and thin pulp ; and fome days after the fea was covered near the coafts with whole banks of thefe little iifh.
Էջ 191 - The Golden Orb or Globe, put into the king's right hand before he is crowned, and borne in his left, with the sceptre in his right, upon his return into Westminster-hall after he is crowned.
Էջ 410 - I could walk with, till this soul, like a ray of light, entered into me, and my tongue began to speak, my eye to see, and my foot to walk ; therefore punish it eternally, but deliver me.