Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 1. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 3
... fame name , and to the beginning of Auguft : it confifts of thirty days . The Jews falt on the firft of this month , in memory of Aaron's death ; and on the ninth , because on that day both the temple of Solomon , and that erected after ...
... fame name , and to the beginning of Auguft : it confifts of thirty days . The Jews falt on the firft of this month , in memory of Aaron's death ; and on the ninth , because on that day both the temple of Solomon , and that erected after ...
Page 4
... fame in all orders : in the Tufcan , Doric , and Ionic , it is generally fquare ; but in the Corinthian and Compofite , its four fides are arched inwards , and embellished in the middle with fome ornament , as a rofe or other flower ...
... fame in all orders : in the Tufcan , Doric , and Ionic , it is generally fquare ; but in the Corinthian and Compofite , its four fides are arched inwards , and embellished in the middle with fome ornament , as a rofe or other flower ...
Page 7
... fame fenfe . ABBA ( anc . geog . ) , a town of Afric Propria , near Carthage . ABBA , in the Syriac and Chaldee languages , lite- rally fignifies a father ; and figuratively , a fuperior , reputed as a father in refpect of age , dignity ...
... fame fenfe . ABBA ( anc . geog . ) , a town of Afric Propria , near Carthage . ABBA , in the Syriac and Chaldee languages , lite- rally fignifies a father ; and figuratively , a fuperior , reputed as a father in refpect of age , dignity ...
Page 17
... fame distance from the zenith as it had done in December , when it was firft obferved : in September following , it appeared 39 " more northerly than it was in March , juft the contrary way to what it ought to appear by the annual ...
... fame distance from the zenith as it had done in December , when it was firft obferved : in September following , it appeared 39 " more northerly than it was in March , juft the contrary way to what it ought to appear by the annual ...
Page 20
... fame with what is called GRAFTING by approach . ABLAI , a country of Great Tartary , the inhabi- tants of which , called Buchars or Buchares , are fubject to Ruffia , but that only for protection . It lies eaft- ward of the river Irtis ...
... fame with what is called GRAFTING by approach . ABLAI , a country of Great Tartary , the inhabi- tants of which , called Buchars or Buchares , are fubject to Ruffia , but that only for protection . It lies eaft- ward of the river Irtis ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acid acre againſt Aleppo alfo alkali almoft alſo ancient atmoſphere barley becauſe befides cafe called calyx caufe colour common air confequently confiderable confifts crop dephlogifticated air diftance Dr Priestley dung earth elaftic experiments faid falt fame fays fecond feed feems feet fenfe fent feparated feven feveral fhort fhould fide fignifies filk firft firſt fituation fixed air fize fluid fmall foil fome fometimes foon fowing fown fpecies fpring ftand ftate ftill ftone ftrong fubftances fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed furface furrow grains ground harrow heat himſelf horfes inches increaſe inflammable air itſelf kind king laft land lefs likewife meaſure moft moſt muft muſt neceffary nitre nitrous air obferved occafion paffed perfon phlogifton phlogiſticated plants plough poffible prefent produced purpoſe quantity raiſed reafon refpect Roman ſmall thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion town tube turnip ufed ufual uſed veffel vegetable weft whofe