Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 1. köide,2. number1810 - 399 pages |
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Page 456
... fize of the flags and even- nefs of the colour . The two fifters , which give name to the room , are flabs that measure 15 feet by 7 without flaw or ftain . The walls , up to a certain height , are mosaic , and above are divided into ...
... fize of the flags and even- nefs of the colour . The two fifters , which give name to the room , are flabs that measure 15 feet by 7 without flaw or ftain . The walls , up to a certain height , are mosaic , and above are divided into ...
Page 514
... fize ; and contain at moft 4000 inhabitants , who feem to be in a poor line of life . The cathedral is an uncouth building . Under the choir is the cha- pel and tomb of the apoftle St Andrew ; in whose honour the edifice was dedicated ...
... fize ; and contain at moft 4000 inhabitants , who feem to be in a poor line of life . The cathedral is an uncouth building . Under the choir is the cha- pel and tomb of the apoftle St Andrew ; in whose honour the edifice was dedicated ...
Page 527
... fize , whether found on the fea or in the whale , he con- ftantly found a confiderable quantity of black spots , which , after the moft careful examination , appeared to be the beaks of the SEPIA Octopodia ; and these beaks , he thinks ...
... fize , whether found on the fea or in the whale , he con- ftantly found a confiderable quantity of black spots , which , after the moft careful examination , appeared to be the beaks of the SEPIA Octopodia ; and these beaks , he thinks ...
Page 528
... fize , Dr Swediar concludes with great probability , that all am- bergrife is generated in the bowels of the Phyfeter ma- crocephalus , or fpermaceti whale ; and there mixed with the beaks of the Sepia octopodia , which is the prin ...
... fize , Dr Swediar concludes with great probability , that all am- bergrife is generated in the bowels of the Phyfeter ma- crocephalus , or fpermaceti whale ; and there mixed with the beaks of the Sepia octopodia , which is the prin ...
Page 539
... fize and en- ormous multiplication of reptiles and infects . p . 255 . But the supposed smallness and lefs ferocity of the Hiftory of American animals , the Abbé Clavigero obferves , in- Mexico , ftead of the malignity , demonftrates ...
... fize and en- ormous multiplication of reptiles and infects . p . 255 . But the supposed smallness and lefs ferocity of the Hiftory of American animals , the Abbé Clavigero obferves , in- Mexico , ftead of the malignity , demonftrates ...
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