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 511
... called because they held the left hand in abhorrence , and made it a point of religion not to receive any thing there . with . SINKING FUND , a provifion made by parliament , confifting of the furplufage of other funds , intended to be ...
... called because they held the left hand in abhorrence , and made it a point of religion not to receive any thing there . with . SINKING FUND , a provifion made by parliament , confifting of the furplufage of other funds , intended to be ...
Page 603
... called the folftitial points ; and a circle , fuppofed to pass through the poles of the world and thefe points , is called the foflitial colure . The fummer folftitial point is in the beginning of the first degree of cancer , and is called ...
... called the folftitial points ; and a circle , fuppofed to pass through the poles of the world and thefe points , is called the foflitial colure . The fummer folftitial point is in the beginning of the first degree of cancer , and is called ...
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... called Elder- well near Blemhill , faid to be good for fore eyes ; and a third called the Spa , near Wolverhampton . 3 See STONE . Ware . Great flocks of sheep are bred in this county , efpe- cially in the moorlands , or mountains of ...
... called Elder- well near Blemhill , faid to be good for fore eyes ; and a third called the Spa , near Wolverhampton . 3 See STONE . Ware . Great flocks of sheep are bred in this county , efpe- cially in the moorlands , or mountains of ...
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