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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... half rounds , or semicircles , struck out of their edges . ENGRAVING . This term is at pre- sent confined to the art of excavating copper and wood , in lines , in so judicious a manner , as to produce imitations of paintings and ...
... half rounds , or semicircles , struck out of their edges . ENGRAVING . This term is at pre- sent confined to the art of excavating copper and wood , in lines , in so judicious a manner , as to produce imitations of paintings and ...
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... half ; and a bond , damages , & c . are said to be entire , when they cannot be apportioned . ENTIRE tenancy , signifies a sole pos- session in one man . ENTOMOLOGY is that branch of na- tural history that treats of insects . The study ...
... half ; and a bond , damages , & c . are said to be entire , when they cannot be apportioned . ENTIRE tenancy , signifies a sole pos- session in one man . ENTOMOLOGY is that branch of na- tural history that treats of insects . The study ...
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... half - elytra , partaking partly of the nature of crustaceous shells , and membranaceous wings , being formed of an intermediate substance . Halteres , or poisers , are small orbicular bodies placed on stalks , situated under the wings ...
... half - elytra , partaking partly of the nature of crustaceous shells , and membranaceous wings , being formed of an intermediate substance . Halteres , or poisers , are small orbicular bodies placed on stalks , situated under the wings ...
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... half the arch which all that time touched the circle at rest , as the sum of the diameters of the circles to the semidiameter of the rest- ing circle , if the revolving circle moves upon the convex side of the resting cit . cle ; but if ...
... half the arch which all that time touched the circle at rest , as the sum of the diameters of the circles to the semidiameter of the rest- ing circle , if the revolving circle moves upon the convex side of the resting cit . cle ; but if ...
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... half in a second . Eclipse was almost equally swift with Childers , and was con- siderably stronger . His form was by no means considered as handsome , as indeed his dimensions deviated very considera . bly from those which were ...
... half in a second . Eclipse was almost equally swift with Childers , and was con- siderably stronger . His form was by no means considered as handsome , as indeed his dimensions deviated very considera . bly from those which were ...
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