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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... western coaft of Formosa , from whence , under divers pretences , they returned to the ports of Fo - kien . It was only in 1372 , under the reign of Hong - vou , founder of the dynasty of Ming , that these islands fub- mitted ...
... western coaft of Formosa , from whence , under divers pretences , they returned to the ports of Fo - kien . It was only in 1372 , under the reign of Hong - vou , founder of the dynasty of Ming , that these islands fub- mitted ...
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... west and bluftering , the air hot for the feason , the moon was paft its last quarter , and the mercury in the bare- meter was at 29th inches . Mr Boyle was often difappointed in his experiments Light from on fhining fishes ; finding ...
... west and bluftering , the air hot for the feason , the moon was paft its last quarter , and the mercury in the bare- meter was at 29th inches . Mr Boyle was often difappointed in his experiments Light from on fhining fishes ; finding ...
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... western , who indeed receive it immediately from the fea . In fummer it blows till four o'clock in the morn- ing , and ... west . It is about 30 miles in length , and 25 in breadth ; and confifts of good arable and pasture land , with ...
... western , who indeed receive it immediately from the fea . In fummer it blows till four o'clock in the morn- ing , and ... west . It is about 30 miles in length , and 25 in breadth ; and confifts of good arable and pasture land , with ...
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... west by Kerry , on the north by the river Shan- non , and on the fouth by Cork . It is a fruitful and populous tract , the foil requiring little or no manure in most places : befides rich pasture for theep and cows , it produces rich ...
... west by Kerry , on the north by the river Shan- non , and on the fouth by Cork . It is a fruitful and populous tract , the foil requiring little or no manure in most places : befides rich pasture for theep and cows , it produces rich ...
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... west fide of it , called Swan Pool , because of the multitude of fwans on it . The Roman north gate ftill remains entire , by the name of Newport Gate . It is one of the nobleit of this fort in Britain . It is a vaft femicircle of ...
... west fide of it , called Swan Pool , because of the multitude of fwans on it . The Roman north gate ftill remains entire , by the name of Newport Gate . It is one of the nobleit of this fort in Britain . It is a vaft femicircle 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.