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 401
... body plan has not been fufficiently explained , it is therefore thought proper to fubjoin the following illu Aration of them . The diagonal lines in the body plan are mentioned in the tables of dimenfions merely for the purpose of ...
... body plan has not been fufficiently explained , it is therefore thought proper to fubjoin the following illu Aration of them . The diagonal lines in the body plan are mentioned in the tables of dimenfions merely for the purpose of ...
Page 406
... body ; and thefe fhall have the points thro ' which the curve mult pafs . If this fhould not prove a fair curve , it must be altered , obferving to conform to the points as nearly as the nature of the curve will admit : fo it may be car ...
... body ; and thefe fhall have the points thro ' which the curve mult pafs . If this fhould not prove a fair curve , it must be altered , obferving to conform to the points as nearly as the nature of the curve will admit : fo it may be car ...
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... body afh coloured , reddish , and dufky ; the last forms ftriated bars cross the body : tail full of hair , annulated with ash colour and black body feven inches long ; tail near eleven : hands and feet co- vered with fhort hairs ...
... body afh coloured , reddish , and dufky ; the last forms ftriated bars cross the body : tail full of hair , annulated with ash colour and black body feven inches long ; tail near eleven : hands and feet co- vered with fhort hairs ...
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