Encyclop¿dia 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 444
... whose bold and pointed harangues had preffed most closely on the royal digni- ty , were doomed to experience its immediate refent- ment . While a body of armed troops furrounded the hotel in which the parliament were convened , Colonel ...
... whose bold and pointed harangues had preffed most closely on the royal digni- ty , were doomed to experience its immediate refent- ment . While a body of armed troops furrounded the hotel in which the parliament were convened , Colonel ...
Page 646
... whose top is in the horizon be 15 ' or 91410 feet , the height of that object is 199 feet 4 inches ; and thus conversely , if the height of an object whofe top is in the horizon be 199 feet 4 inches , the distance will be 91,410 feet ...
... whose top is in the horizon be 15 ' or 91410 feet , the height of that object is 199 feet 4 inches ; and thus conversely , if the height of an object whofe top is in the horizon be 199 feet 4 inches , the distance will be 91,410 feet ...
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... whose bones exceeded in hardness and strength the bones of other animals as much as iron exceeds fir , fuch an animal might be of a monftrous fize , and yet be exceedingly ftrong . In like manner , if we fuppofe the flesh and bones of a ...
... whose bones exceeded in hardness and strength the bones of other animals as much as iron exceeds fir , fuch an animal might be of a monftrous fize , and yet be exceedingly ftrong . In like manner , if we fuppofe the flesh and bones of a ...
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