The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... close the lines when cut through it by the needle . As every thing depends upon the stability of the ground , it should be purchased of those persons who are most celebrated for making it ; or if the person wishing to use it prefers ...
... close the lines when cut through it by the needle . As every thing depends upon the stability of the ground , it should be purchased of those persons who are most celebrated for making it ; or if the person wishing to use it prefers ...
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... close examination , it has several disadvantages ; for this reason a medium description of granulation pre- ferable , which admitting the aqua fortis freely to the copper , it bites deeper , and is less apt by acting laterally to force ...
... close examination , it has several disadvantages ; for this reason a medium description of granulation pre- ferable , which admitting the aqua fortis freely to the copper , it bites deeper , and is less apt by acting laterally to force ...
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... close of it a number of dangerous complaints spring up , which , as they are very short in their duration , the mortality is much greater than one would readily suppose from the few persons that are ill at any one time and as soon as a ...
... close of it a number of dangerous complaints spring up , which , as they are very short in their duration , the mortality is much greater than one would readily suppose from the few persons that are ill at any one time and as soon as a ...
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... close of the seventeenth century . In America , likewise , horses are found wild in vast abundance , sweeping the extensive plains of Buenos Ayres , and the Brazils particu- larly , in immense herds . They are taken by the inhabitants ...
... close of the seventeenth century . In America , likewise , horses are found wild in vast abundance , sweeping the extensive plains of Buenos Ayres , and the Brazils particu- larly , in immense herds . They are taken by the inhabitants ...
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... close and safe custody ; and if he be afterwards seen at large , it is an es- cape , and the plaintiff may have an action for his whole debt against the sheriff ; for , though upon arrests , and what is called mesne process , being such ...
... close and safe custody ; and if he be afterwards seen at large , it is an es- cape , and the plaintiff may have an action for his whole debt against the sheriff ; for , though upon arrests , and what is called mesne process , being such ...
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