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 12Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... ther internal one , communicating with the cavity of the intestine . A soft poultice and fomentations are the best means of treating these abscess- es ; which , if they are phlegmonous , should not be opened until the skin has become ...
... ther internal one , communicating with the cavity of the intestine . A soft poultice and fomentations are the best means of treating these abscess- es ; which , if they are phlegmonous , should not be opened until the skin has become ...
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... ther ; as the bishop or chancellor's sur- rogate . SURSOLID , in arithmetic and algebra , the fifth power , or fourth multiplication of any number or quantity , considered as a root . See RooT . SURSOLID problem , in mathematics , is ...
... ther ; as the bishop or chancellor's sur- rogate . SURSOLID , in arithmetic and algebra , the fifth power , or fourth multiplication of any number or quantity , considered as a root . See RooT . SURSOLID problem , in mathematics , is ...
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... ther seen , that every figure may , either directly or circuitously , be commuted into a triangle , of corresponding area : but it may be necessary , at the same time , to observe , that the squaring of the circle has not hitherto been ...
... ther seen , that every figure may , either directly or circuitously , be commuted into a triangle , of corresponding area : but it may be necessary , at the same time , to observe , that the squaring of the circle has not hitherto been ...
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... ther , in the syzygies , the moon's orbit , or circle , round the earth , is more convex than in the quadratures , for which reason the moon is less distant from the earth at the former than the latter . When the backwards , or are ...
... ther , in the syzygies , the moon's orbit , or circle , round the earth , is more convex than in the quadratures , for which reason the moon is less distant from the earth at the former than the latter . When the backwards , or are ...
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... ther directly , or more or less obliquely ; hence the motion communicated to the sails must of necessity conspire with that of the wind upon their surfaces . To make the ship tack , or turn round with her head to the windward , it is ...
... ther directly , or more or less obliquely ; hence the motion communicated to the sails must of necessity conspire with that of the wind upon their surfaces . To make the ship tack , or turn round with her head to the windward , it is ...
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