Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 7. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 590
... less than 7 feet broad , nor more than 12 ; the height to be 14 the breadth . GATE , or GAIT , in the manege , called in French train , is used for the going or pace of a horse . GATE , in a military fenfe , is made of ftrong planks ...
... less than 7 feet broad , nor more than 12 ; the height to be 14 the breadth . GATE , or GAIT , in the manege , called in French train , is used for the going or pace of a horse . GATE , in a military fenfe , is made of ftrong planks ...
Page 676
... less than at the latitude of Paris ; which confirms the oblate figure of the earth . But an account of this last menfuration has not been published as yet . If the earth was of an uniform denfity from the furface to the centre , then ...
... less than at the latitude of Paris ; which confirms the oblate figure of the earth . But an account of this last menfuration has not been published as yet . If the earth was of an uniform denfity from the furface to the centre , then ...
Page 677
... less than 314,159,265,358,979,323,846,264,338,327,951 , but greater than 314,159,265,358,979,323,846,264,338,327,950 ; whence it will be cafy , any part of the circumference being given in degrees and minutes , to affign it in parts of ...
... less than 314,159,265,358,979,323,846,264,338,327,951 , but greater than 314,159,265,358,979,323,846,264,338,327,950 ; whence it will be cafy , any part of the circumference being given in degrees and minutes , to affign it in parts of ...
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