Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 17. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 402
... should be fo difpofed as to have every other one with the butt end the fame way ; for this reafon , that the butts will decay before the tops . In large fhips the beams are made in two or three pieces , and are there- fore allowed to be ...
... should be fo difpofed as to have every other one with the butt end the fame way ; for this reafon , that the butts will decay before the tops . In large fhips the beams are made in two or three pieces , and are there- fore allowed to be ...
Page 436
... Should it be apprehended that the palate D , being placed fo far forward , may affect the ship's fteerage , or obftruct her rate of failing , it should be confidered that a very fmall plate will be fufficient to work the machine , as ...
... Should it be apprehended that the palate D , being placed fo far forward , may affect the ship's fteerage , or obftruct her rate of failing , it should be confidered that a very fmall plate will be fufficient to work the machine , as ...
Page 712
... should be made acquainted with the foffils which are moft common in thofe places where hot fprings abound . We should then perhaps discover that hot fprings always país thro ' bodies of a combuftible nature . It is well known to ...
... should be made acquainted with the foffils which are moft common in thofe places where hot fprings abound . We should then perhaps discover that hot fprings always país thro ' bodies of a combuftible nature . It is well known to ...
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