The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... four dimensions , by which are determined the ordinates from the four points in which these conic sections may cut one another ; and the conic sections may be assumed in such a manner as to make this equation coincide with any proposed ...
... four dimensions , by which are determined the ordinates from the four points in which these conic sections may cut one another ; and the conic sections may be assumed in such a manner as to make this equation coincide with any proposed ...
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... four minutes of time ; 15 mi- nutes of a degree will make a minute of an hour ; and consequently , four seconds an- swer to one minute of a degree . = EQUATIONAL . See OBSERVATORY . EQUERRY , in the British customs , an officer of state ...
... four minutes of time ; 15 mi- nutes of a degree will make a minute of an hour ; and consequently , four seconds an- swer to one minute of a degree . = EQUATIONAL . See OBSERVATORY . EQUERRY , in the British customs , an officer of state ...
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... four miles on the York course in seven minutes and forty - four se- conds . The celebrated Childers is sup- posed to have been the fleetest horse ever known in the world . He was opposed by all the most distinguished horses of his day ...
... four miles on the York course in seven minutes and forty - four se- conds . The celebrated Childers is sup- posed to have been the fleetest horse ever known in the world . He was opposed by all the most distinguished horses of his day ...
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... four - leaved ; co- rolla four - cleft ; filaments inserted into the receptacle ; anthers cloven ; capsule four- celled . There are eighty - four species . These are small shrubs . Their leaves are linear , lanceolate or ovate ...
... four - leaved ; co- rolla four - cleft ; filaments inserted into the receptacle ; anthers cloven ; capsule four- celled . There are eighty - four species . These are small shrubs . Their leaves are linear , lanceolate or ovate ...
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... four ermin spots . It is to be ob- served , that the colours in these arms are not to be expressed , because neither this cross nor these arms can be of any other colour but white and black . ERNODEA , in botany , a genus of the ...
... four ermin spots . It is to be ob- served , that the colours in these arms are not to be expressed , because neither this cross nor these arms can be of any other colour but white and black . ERNODEA , in botany , a genus of the ...
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