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 5Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... ( Plate V. Miscell . fig . 1. ) are given , is this : first take the points F , f , in the transverse axis A B , so that the distances C F , C f , from the centre C , be each equal to VAC - CD ; or that the lines F D , ƒ D , be each equal ...
... ( Plate V. Miscell . fig . 1. ) are given , is this : first take the points F , f , in the transverse axis A B , so that the distances C F , C f , from the centre C , be each equal to VAC - CD ; or that the lines F D , ƒ D , be each equal ...
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... Plate VI . fig . 4. For the black - head bunting , see Aves , Plate VI . fig . 5 . EMBEZZLEMENT , in law , by stat . 39 Geo . 3. c . 35. for protecting masters against embezzlement by their clerks and servants : servants or clerks , or ...
... Plate VI . fig . 4. For the black - head bunting , see Aves , Plate VI . fig . 5 . EMBEZZLEMENT , in law , by stat . 39 Geo . 3. c . 35. for protecting masters against embezzlement by their clerks and servants : servants or clerks , or ...
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... plate , hol- lowed out in such a manner , that the un- covered edges of the piece alone are in contact with the support But if it be enamelled on one side only , it is simply laid upon the plate , or upon a tile . Two things , however ...
... plate , hol- lowed out in such a manner , that the un- covered edges of the piece alone are in contact with the support But if it be enamelled on one side only , it is simply laid upon the plate , or upon a tile . Two things , however ...
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... plate . The work is then cemented to square piece of wood , with a mixture of resin and brickdust , and by this means fixed in a vice . a The first operation of polishing is made by rubbing the work with rotten- stone upon a small ...
... plate . The work is then cemented to square piece of wood , with a mixture of resin and brickdust , and by this means fixed in a vice . a The first operation of polishing is made by rubbing the work with rotten- stone upon a small ...
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... plates of coloured glass than is common- ly thought . The bending of the piece and the alteration of the colours are to be avoided . All the treatises we have con- sulted recommend the use of gypsum . This method sometimes succeeded ...
... plates of coloured glass than is common- ly thought . The bending of the piece and the alteration of the colours are to be avoided . All the treatises we have con- sulted recommend the use of gypsum . This method sometimes succeeded ...
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