The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volumen3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 |
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... called the transverse axis ; and the lesser one D E , is called the conjugate , or second axis : these two always bisect each other at right angles , and the eentre of the ellipsis is the point C , where they intersect . Any right line ...
... called the transverse axis ; and the lesser one D E , is called the conjugate , or second axis : these two always bisect each other at right angles , and the eentre of the ellipsis is the point C , where they intersect . Any right line ...
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... called , nor two words synoni- mous . They should strictly adhere to truth ; for extravagant and improbable elogies rather lessen the character of the person or thing they would extol . ELONGATION , in astronomy , the di- gression or ...
... called , nor two words synoni- mous . They should strictly adhere to truth ; for extravagant and improbable elogies rather lessen the character of the person or thing they would extol . ELONGATION , in astronomy , the di- gression or ...
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... called the embolismic year , and the additional month the embolismic , or embolimean , or intercalary month . This form of the year is called the fixed lunar year , and it was used by the Greeks and Romans till the time of Julius Cæsar ...
... called the embolismic year , and the additional month the embolismic , or embolimean , or intercalary month . This form of the year is called the fixed lunar year , and it was used by the Greeks and Romans till the time of Julius Cæsar ...
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... called kaolin , mixed with a siliceous and calcareous solvent , and the glaze is nothing but feld- spar fused without an atom of lead . This porcelain , which is that of Saxony , is of a much later date at Sévres than the soft or tender ...
... called kaolin , mixed with a siliceous and calcareous solvent , and the glaze is nothing but feld- spar fused without an atom of lead . This porcelain , which is that of Saxony , is of a much later date at Sévres than the soft or tender ...
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... called iris ; this may happen either in the primary or se condary wings , on their upper or under sur- faces : the superior wing is called primary , and the inferior secondary , to avoid confu- sion , as they may be at times reversed ...
... called iris ; this may happen either in the primary or se condary wings , on their upper or under sur- faces : the superior wing is called primary , and the inferior secondary , to avoid confu- sion , as they may be at times reversed ...
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