Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 1. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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Page 65
... ploughing Acheri the earth in their courfe : Hercules , reftraining by dykes chicolunt . and mounds the inundations of the Achelous , is faid to have broken off one of his horns , and to have brought back plenty to the country . See the ...
... ploughing Acheri the earth in their courfe : Hercules , reftraining by dykes chicolunt . and mounds the inundations of the Achelous , is faid to have broken off one of his horns , and to have brought back plenty to the country . See the ...
Page 103
... plough goes before it turns . ACTUS Minimus , was a quantity of land 120 feet in length , and four in breadth . Actus Major , or AcTvs Quadratus , a piece of ground in a fquare form , whofe fide was equal to 120 feet , equal to half the ...
... plough goes before it turns . ACTUS Minimus , was a quantity of land 120 feet in length , and four in breadth . Actus Major , or AcTvs Quadratus , a piece of ground in a fquare form , whofe fide was equal to 120 feet , equal to half the ...
Page 244
... ploughing , harrowing , fallow ing , & c . which are now made ufe of ; and it would be equally fo to fuppofe , that he used fuch clumfy and unartful inftruments as wooden hooks , horns of oxen , & c . to dig the ground , which were ...
... ploughing , harrowing , fallow ing , & c . which are now made ufe of ; and it would be equally fo to fuppofe , that he used fuch clumfy and unartful inftruments as wooden hooks , horns of oxen , & c . to dig the ground , which were ...
Page 246
... plough who could not make one ; and that the driver thould make the ropes of twifted willows , with which it was drawn . It was ufual for fix or eight perfons to form themfelves into a fociety for fitting out one of thefe ploughs ...
... plough who could not make one ; and that the driver thould make the ropes of twifted willows , with which it was drawn . It was ufual for fix or eight perfons to form themfelves into a fociety for fitting out one of thefe ploughs ...
Page 247
... plough , for example , had but one ftilt or handle , which the ploughman guided with one hand , having in his other hand an in- ftrument which ferved both for cleaning and mending the plough , as well as for breaking the clods . The ...
... plough , for example , had but one ftilt or handle , which the ploughman guided with one hand , having in his other hand an in- ftrument which ferved both for cleaning and mending the plough , as well as for breaking the clods . The ...
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