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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... give commiffions to colonels and other officers , to arm and form them into regiments , troops , and companies . Under the lords - lieutenants , are deputy - lieutenants , who have the fame power ; Lieutenant . thefe are chofen by the ...
... give commiffions to colonels and other officers , to arm and form them into regiments , troops , and companies . Under the lords - lieutenants , are deputy - lieutenants , who have the fame power ; Lieutenant . thefe are chofen by the ...
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... give him a greater power with the oar . The internal part of the boat next the fides , from the under part of the ... gives it a decided pre- eminence . The ends being fimilar , the boat can be rowed either way , and this peculiarity of ...
... give him a greater power with the oar . The internal part of the boat next the fides , from the under part of the ... gives it a decided pre- eminence . The ends being fimilar , the boat can be rowed either way , and this peculiarity of ...
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... give light when they tend to putrefcence , this is more luminous in proportion to its being fresh ; that when they are dried , their light will revive if they be moisten- ed either with fresh or falt water , but that brandy im ...
... give light when they tend to putrefcence , this is more luminous in proportion to its being fresh ; that when they are dried , their light will revive if they be moisten- ed either with fresh or falt water , but that brandy im ...
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... give the appearance of a great number of little fparks , which would continue visible longer than those in the ocean . All the acids , and various other liquors , produced the fame effect , though not quite fo confpicuoufly ; but no ...
... give the appearance of a great number of little fparks , which would continue visible longer than those in the ocean . All the acids , and various other liquors , produced the fame effect , though not quite fo confpicuoufly ; but no ...
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... give a lu- minous property to any vapour on which it acts strong- ly ; not to mention , that the electric fluid itself is no other than that of light , and may therefore by its action eafily produce a luminous appearance independent of ...
... give a lu- minous property to any vapour on which it acts strong- ly ; not to mention , that the electric fluid itself is no other than that of light , and may therefore by its action eafily produce a luminous appearance independent of ...
Common terms and phrases
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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.