American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... body ; and in 1742 he was admitted an associate . In the year 1739 , the King of Sardinia being desirous of establishing a professorship of Physics at Turin , gave an invitation to the Abbé Nollet to per- form a course of experimental ...
... body ; and in 1742 he was admitted an associate . In the year 1739 , the King of Sardinia being desirous of establishing a professorship of Physics at Turin , gave an invitation to the Abbé Nollet to per- form a course of experimental ...
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... body . But these wonders were not the only objects which engaged our Abbé's attention in this visit to Italy ; for his inquiries were extended to all the branches of natural philosophy , the arts , agriculture , & c . On his return to ...
... body . But these wonders were not the only objects which engaged our Abbé's attention in this visit to Italy ; for his inquiries were extended to all the branches of natural philosophy , the arts , agriculture , & c . On his return to ...
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... body speckled . There are The four species . N. meleagris , is of the size of a very large fowl , and is the meleagris of the ancients , who used to prize it as a high delicacy . Its native territory is Africa , and particularly ...
... body speckled . There are The four species . N. meleagris , is of the size of a very large fowl , and is the meleagris of the ancients , who used to prize it as a high delicacy . Its native territory is Africa , and particularly ...
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... bodies ; it is a building usually in form of a tower , erect- ed on an eminence , and covered with a terrace for making astronomical observa- tions . Most nations have had observato- ries , which have been noticed at large in La Lande's ...
... bodies ; it is a building usually in form of a tower , erect- ed on an eminence , and covered with a terrace for making astronomical observa- tions . Most nations have had observato- ries , which have been noticed at large in La Lande's ...
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... body of the moon , or of some other planet . OCCULTATION , Circle of perpetual , is a parallel in an oblique sphere , as far dis- tant from the depressed pole , as the ele- vated pole is from the horizon . All the stars between this ...
... body of the moon , or of some other planet . OCCULTATION , Circle of perpetual , is a parallel in an oblique sphere , as far dis- tant from the depressed pole , as the ele- vated pole is from the horizon . All the stars between this ...
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