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 11Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... pieces of land have thus been entirely lost ; of which we give the following instances from Mr. Pennant , together with a probable means of preventing them in future . " I have more than once , " says he , " on the east- ern coasts of ...
... pieces of land have thus been entirely lost ; of which we give the following instances from Mr. Pennant , together with a probable means of preventing them in future . " I have more than once , " says he , " on the east- ern coasts of ...
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... pieces . But though with respect to colour it has the advantage of cinnabar , while in the mass , it is vastly inferior to it when both are reduced to powder . It is mode- rately hard and remarkably heavy ; and when exposed to a ...
... pieces . But though with respect to colour it has the advantage of cinnabar , while in the mass , it is vastly inferior to it when both are reduced to powder . It is mode- rately hard and remarkably heavy ; and when exposed to a ...
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... piece prefixed to the first volume of his Algebra . That he was able to make long and intri- cate calculations ... pieces several solid matters , as wood , stone , ivory , & c . The best saws are of tempered steel , ground bright and ...
... piece prefixed to the first volume of his Algebra . That he was able to make long and intri- cate calculations ... pieces several solid matters , as wood , stone , ivory , & c . The best saws are of tempered steel , ground bright and ...
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... piece of timber to be cut into boards be advanced by an uniform motion to receive the strokes of the saw ; for here the wood is to meet the saw , and not the saw to follow the wood , therefore the motion of the wood and that of the saw ...
... piece of timber to be cut into boards be advanced by an uniform motion to receive the strokes of the saw ; for here the wood is to meet the saw , and not the saw to follow the wood , therefore the motion of the wood and that of the saw ...
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... pieces as possible , and if it were necessary to have them still thinner , they were hewn on both sides to the proper size . This simple and wasteful manner of making boards has been still continued in some places to the present time ...
... pieces as possible , and if it were necessary to have them still thinner , they were hewn on both sides to the proper size . This simple and wasteful manner of making boards has been still continued in some places to the present time ...
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