Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 2. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 454
... kind , especially as we lie under a conviction founded on fact , of the theory being utterly erroneous . It hardly differs in any re- fpect from that propofed by M. de la Hire , and a little amended by the writer of the Hiftoire de l ...
... kind , especially as we lie under a conviction founded on fact , of the theory being utterly erroneous . It hardly differs in any re- fpect from that propofed by M. de la Hire , and a little amended by the writer of the Hiftoire de l ...
Page 624
... kind of grafs , about two feet in height , which fometimes grows in tufts , and appeared capable of being converted into abundant crops of fine hay . But on this extenfive fpace not even a fhrub grows naturally . Befides taro , the ...
... kind of grafs , about two feet in height , which fometimes grows in tufts , and appeared capable of being converted into abundant crops of fine hay . But on this extenfive fpace not even a fhrub grows naturally . Befides taro , the ...
Page 770
... kind of game fomething refembling tennis . The balloon is played in the open field , with a great round ball of double leather blown up with wind , and thus driven to and fro with the ftrength of a man's arm , fortified with a brace of ...
... kind of game fomething refembling tennis . The balloon is played in the open field , with a great round ball of double leather blown up with wind , and thus driven to and fro with the ftrength of a man's arm , fortified with a brace of ...
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aftronomers againſt alfo alſo ancient angle appear Athenians Athens atmoſphere Attica aurora borealis axis becauſe body cafe called caufe cauſe centre circle comet confequently confiderable confifts defcribed degrees difcovered difk diftance diurnal motion earth eclipfe equal equator faid fame fatellites fays fecond feems feen fent feven feveral fhadow fhall fhip fhould fhows fide figns fince firft fituation fixed ftars fmall folar fome fometimes foon fouth fpots ftars ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fun's fuppofed furface fyftem greateſt himſelf increaſed inftrument interfects itſelf Jupiter king laft leaft lefs likewife mean Anomaly meaſure meridian moft moon moon's moſt motion move muft muſt node obferved occafion oppofite orbit paffing parallax perfon planets pofition pole prefent purpoſe reafon refpect reft reprefented rife round Saturn ſmall ſpace ſpots ſtars teleſcope thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion uſed Venus weft whofe