The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 4 |
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... observed to grow narrow , while another in its neighbourhood has increased in breadth , as if the one had flowed into the other , and in this case Dr. Long ob- serves , that a part of an oblique belt lay between them , as if to form a ...
... observed to grow narrow , while another in its neighbourhood has increased in breadth , as if the one had flowed into the other , and in this case Dr. Long ob- serves , that a part of an oblique belt lay between them , as if to form a ...
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... observed going before or following the satellite . On the other hand , in passing through their superior semi - circles , the satellites may be eclipsed in the same manner as our moon , by passing through the shadow of Jupiter ; and ...
... observed going before or following the satellite . On the other hand , in passing through their superior semi - circles , the satellites may be eclipsed in the same manner as our moon , by passing through the shadow of Jupiter ; and ...
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... observed in many of the lizard tribe , but particularly so in the chameleon ; but the long prevailing idea of the adaptation of its colour to that of any substance with which it is surrounded is totally groundless . Its varieties in ...
... observed in many of the lizard tribe , but particularly so in the chameleon ; but the long prevailing idea of the adaptation of its colour to that of any substance with which it is surrounded is totally groundless . Its varieties in ...
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... observed , when tracing out other examples of this contriv- ance , and the application of it to other qua- lities , that sensible qualities were those , and those only , which would be first noticed and most requisite to be noticed ...
... observed , when tracing out other examples of this contriv- ance , and the application of it to other qua- lities , that sensible qualities were those , and those only , which would be first noticed and most requisite to be noticed ...
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... observed cer- tain letters applied to denote a certain class of ideas , which have some common features of ... observe , that if the cries of animals were imitated to denote those animals , great length of words was unnecessary and ...
... observed cer- tain letters applied to denote a certain class of ideas , which have some common features of ... observe , that if the cries of animals were imitated to denote those animals , great length of words was unnecessary and ...
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