Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, Volume 71819 |
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... measure dissi- pated on drying , or may be extracted by a slight infusion in water , so that the inhabi tants of Iceland convert it into a tolerably grateful and nutritive food . An ounce of this lichen , boiled a quarter of an hour in ...
... measure dissi- pated on drying , or may be extracted by a slight infusion in water , so that the inhabi tants of Iceland convert it into a tolerably grateful and nutritive food . An ounce of this lichen , boiled a quarter of an hour in ...
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... measure of the value or expectancy of life , de- pends on the proportion of the number of persons that die , out of a given number , in the time proposed ; thus , if 50 persons die out of 100 , in any proposed time , then , half the ...
... measure of the value or expectancy of life , de- pends on the proportion of the number of persons that die , out of a given number , in the time proposed ; thus , if 50 persons die out of 100 , in any proposed time , then , half the ...
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... measure or rhyme , that the Scots have a proverb , when they hear an unusual expression , that , There is nae sic a word in a ' Davie Lindsay . Mac- kenzie tells us , that his comedies were so facetious , that they afforded abundance of ...
... measure or rhyme , that the Scots have a proverb , when they hear an unusual expression , that , There is nae sic a word in a ' Davie Lindsay . Mac- kenzie tells us , that his comedies were so facetious , that they afforded abundance of ...
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... measure of length , being the twelfth part of an inch , or the 144th part of a foot . in Astronomy , LINE of the Apses , or Apsides , the line joining the two apses , or the longer axis of the orbit of a planet . Fiducial Line , the ...
... measure of length , being the twelfth part of an inch , or the 144th part of a foot . in Astronomy , LINE of the Apses , or Apsides , the line joining the two apses , or the longer axis of the orbit of a planet . Fiducial Line , the ...
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... Measures , of any circle , in pro- jections of the sphere , is the common inter- jection of the plane of projection ... measure , containing the twelfth part of an inch , or the hundred and forty - fourth part of a foot , Geometricians ...
... Measures , of any circle , in pro- jections of the sphere , is the common inter- jection of the plane of projection ... measure , containing the twelfth part of an inch , or the hundred and forty - fourth part of a foot , Geometricians ...
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