A portable cyclopædia; or, Compendious dictionary of arts and sciences1810 |
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... earth's annual advance in her orbit TS discovery was made by Dr. Bradley the course of his observations to determine the annual parallax of the fixed stars . Aber- ration of a planet , is equal to the geocen tric motion of it , or that ...
... earth's annual advance in her orbit TS discovery was made by Dr. Bradley the course of his observations to determine the annual parallax of the fixed stars . Aber- ration of a planet , is equal to the geocen tric motion of it , or that ...
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... EARTH , or Terra Adamica , the red clay supposed to be the earth out of which the first man was formed . sour AADIN ONLY , the Ethiopian gourd , a genus of plants of the monodel phia order and polyandria class , named after the French ...
... EARTH , or Terra Adamica , the red clay supposed to be the earth out of which the first man was formed . sour AADIN ONLY , the Ethiopian gourd , a genus of plants of the monodel phia order and polyandria class , named after the French ...
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... earth's centre , and the smallness of the earth's semi - diameter compared thereto . Sailors take the altitude of the sun and stars with a quadrant , which method be ing liable to error , Mr. Parent has given a way of finding the ...
... earth's centre , and the smallness of the earth's semi - diameter compared thereto . Sailors take the altitude of the sun and stars with a quadrant , which method be ing liable to error , Mr. Parent has given a way of finding the ...
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... earth in passing through her orb : also named the periodical year . It is lon- ger than the tropical year owing to the precession of the equinoxes , ANOMALOUS verbs , in grammar , are those which are not conjugated agreeably to the ...
... earth in passing through her orb : also named the periodical year . It is lon- ger than the tropical year owing to the precession of the equinoxes , ANOMALOUS verbs , in grammar , are those which are not conjugated agreeably to the ...
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... earth in passing through her orbi : also named the periodical year . It is lon- ger than the tropical year owing to the precession of the equinoxes , " ANOMALOUS verbs , in grammar , are those which are not conjugated agreeably te the ...
... earth in passing through her orbi : also named the periodical year . It is lon- ger than the tropical year owing to the precession of the equinoxes , " ANOMALOUS verbs , in grammar , are those which are not conjugated agreeably te the ...
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acid anatomy angle animal annual plant antient antimony astronomy axis bees birds body bones botany branches brown called calyx capsule centre circle class and order class of plants cloth colour common consists containing corolla decandria degrees denotes diameter digynia divided draw drupe earth ecliptic electricity ellipsis equal equation feet figure fish five flowers fluid fluxion four fruit genus genus of plants given glass globe grows head heat height heraldry herbaceous hyperbola inches Indies inserted kind leaves legs length meridian metal monogynia class monogynia order muscles native natural method ranking parabola pentandria class petals piece plane plate polygamia Prob proportion quantity resembles rises root round seeds shrub side species square stalk star stone substance surface tail term thick tion transverse processes tree triandria tural umbellate upper vessel West Indies yellow