Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 10Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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Page 71
... length of the batoon each carries in his hand ; and in Japan , princes and great lords show their rank by the length and size of their sedan - poles . Again , it is a rule in painting , that figures of a small size are proper for ...
... length of the batoon each carries in his hand ; and in Japan , princes and great lords show their rank by the length and size of their sedan - poles . Again , it is a rule in painting , that figures of a small size are proper for ...
Page 87
... length of green - houses must be proportioned to the number of plants intended to be preserved in them , and cannot therefore be reduced to rule ; but their depth should never be greater than their height in the clear ; which , in small ...
... length of green - houses must be proportioned to the number of plants intended to be preserved in them , and cannot therefore be reduced to rule ; but their depth should never be greater than their height in the clear ; which , in small ...
Page 88
... length of the house as the height will admit of the number of flues ; for the longer the smoke is in passing , the more heat will be given to the house with a less quantity of fuel . The other wing , facing the south - west , should be ...
... length of the house as the height will admit of the number of flues ; for the longer the smoke is in passing , the more heat will be given to the house with a less quantity of fuel . The other wing , facing the south - west , should be ...
Page 90
... length the Green- the end of August all the coast is covered with ice , land company at Bergen in Norway , transported a which never thaws till April or May , and sometimes colony to the western coast , about the 64th degree not till ...
... length the Green- the end of August all the coast is covered with ice , land company at Bergen in Norway , transported a which never thaws till April or May , and sometimes colony to the western coast , about the 64th degree not till ...
Page 92
... length , pointed with a bearded iron , or a sharp bone ; but those with which they kill birds are blunt , that they may not tear the flesh . Sea fowls they kill with lances , which they throw to a great distance with sur- prising ...
... length , pointed with a bearded iron , or a sharp bone ; but those with which they kill birds are blunt , that they may not tear the flesh . Sea fowls they kill with lances , which they throw to a great distance with sur- prising ...
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Abencerrages action adjective adverbs afterwards ancient animal aorist appears arms ball barrel body BOTANY Index bullet called chord coast colour common considerable corn court death degree denote depressed band distance England English equal experiments expressed feet fire fluid French genus give Granada Greek Greenland Guinea gunpowder habeas corpus hair Handel harmattan Harmonica head heat hemp Hence Henry horse inches inhabitants iron island kind king language Latin length likewise Lord manner means ment miles motion mouth nature neral noun observed occasion person piece polype pounds powder preposition present prince produce pronoun proportion quantity racter relative clause relative pronoun resistance river round Scotland sea-hare sentence ship shot side signifies slaves sometimes species substance supposed thing tion town velocity verb weight whence whole words worm