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 3Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... clock in the morn- ing on 4lbs . of raw cow's udder ; at half past nine o'clock there were set before him 5lbs . of raw beef and 12 tallow can- dles of 1b . weight , together with 1 bottle of porter ; these he finished by half past ten ...
... clock in the morn- ing on 4lbs . of raw cow's udder ; at half past nine o'clock there were set before him 5lbs . of raw beef and 12 tallow can- dles of 1b . weight , together with 1 bottle of porter ; these he finished by half past ten ...
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... clock , a kind of periodical music , produced at equal intervals of time , by means of a particular apparatus added to a clock . CHIMNEY is that part of a house which serves to conduct the smoke of the fires to the exterior . This will ...
... clock , a kind of periodical music , produced at equal intervals of time , by means of a particular apparatus added to a clock . CHIMNEY is that part of a house which serves to conduct the smoke of the fires to the exterior . This will ...
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... CLOCK , SUN - DIAL , & C . The Week , is a division of time , of which it may be proper to take some notice be- fore we proceed to the month . Various divisions which might be included under this denomination have obtained in dif ...
... CLOCK , SUN - DIAL , & C . The Week , is a division of time , of which it may be proper to take some notice be- fore we proceed to the month . Various divisions which might be included under this denomination have obtained in dif ...
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... clocks in a large town ought not to indicate the same time . Thus the clocks at St. Paul's , St. Clement's , St. Martin's , and St. George's , Hanover Square , in London , ought to strike each four seconds after the other ; and this ...
... clocks in a large town ought not to indicate the same time . Thus the clocks at St. Paul's , St. Clement's , St. Martin's , and St. George's , Hanover Square , in London , ought to strike each four seconds after the other ; and this ...
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... clocks , seem to give weight to this supposition : but on the other hand it may be remarked , that though the slow motion of heavy pendulums vibrating through small arcs in astronomical clocks must be subject to very little resistance ...
... clocks , seem to give weight to this supposition : but on the other hand it may be remarked , that though the slow motion of heavy pendulums vibrating through small arcs in astronomical clocks must be subject to very little resistance ...
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