Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,1. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... feet of their SOVEREIGN . YOUR MAJESTY's gracious compliance with that request , whilst it incited them to employ their utmost efforts to make this Edition not altogether unworthy of Your Royal Protection , procured for their under ...
... feet of their SOVEREIGN . YOUR MAJESTY's gracious compliance with that request , whilst it incited them to employ their utmost efforts to make this Edition not altogether unworthy of Your Royal Protection , procured for their under ...
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... feet . Abalus . ABACUS Major , in metallurgic operations , the name Abacus of a trough used in the mines , wherein the ore washed . ABADDON , is the name which St John in the Revelations gives to the king of the locult , the angel of ...
... feet . Abalus . ABACUS Major , in metallurgic operations , the name Abacus of a trough used in the mines , wherein the ore washed . ABADDON , is the name which St John in the Revelations gives to the king of the locult , the angel of ...
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... feet of travellers against the fnow . ABARIM , high mountains of ftecp afcent , fepara- ting the country of the Ammonites and Moabites from the land of Canaan , where Mofes died . According to Jofephus , they stood oppofite to the ...
... feet of travellers against the fnow . ABARIM , high mountains of ftecp afcent , fepara- ting the country of the Ammonites and Moabites from the land of Canaan , where Mofes died . According to Jofephus , they stood oppofite to the ...
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... feet , fhips of two hun- dred tons can come , and of eighty at neap - tides ; but they must lie dry at low water . This port is of great antiquity : there is an agreement yet extant between the abbot and the burghers of Aberbrothick ...
... feet , fhips of two hun- dred tons can come , and of eighty at neap - tides ; but they must lie dry at low water . This port is of great antiquity : there is an agreement yet extant between the abbot and the burghers of Aberbrothick ...
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... feet wide at the bottom , and 34 feet high above the furface of the river , which at ebb - tide is here 19 feet deep . The old town was formerly the feat of the bishop , and had a large cathedral commonly called St Macher's .. Two very ...
... feet wide at the bottom , and 34 feet high above the furface of the river , which at ebb - tide is here 19 feet deep . The old town was formerly the feat of the bishop , and had a large cathedral commonly called St Macher's .. Two very ...
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