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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Page 62
... , and the towns again made one commonwealth . A public council was then held , in which affairs . of importance were difcuffed and determined . A register was the bellowing of their waters , or from their ploughing A CE [ 62 A CH ]
... , and the towns again made one commonwealth . A public council was then held , in which affairs . of importance were difcuffed and determined . A register was the bellowing of their waters , or from their ploughing A CE [ 62 A CH ]
Page 65
... ploughing Ackerl the earth in their courfe : Hercules , reftraining by dykes Achicolum . and mounds thé inundations of the Achelous , is faid to have broken off one of his horns , and to have brought back plenty to the country . See the ...
... ploughing Ackerl the earth in their courfe : Hercules , reftraining by dykes Achicolum . and mounds thé inundations of the Achelous , is faid to have broken off one of his horns , and to have brought back plenty to the country . See the ...
Page 103
... plough goes before it turns . AcTUs Minimus , was a quantity of land 120 feet in length , and four in breadth . Actus Major , or Actus Quadratus , a piece of ground in a fquare form , whofe fide was equal to 120 feet , equal to half the ...
... plough goes before it turns . AcTUs Minimus , was a quantity of land 120 feet in length , and four in breadth . Actus Major , or Actus Quadratus , a piece of ground in a fquare form , whofe fide was equal to 120 feet , equal to half the ...
Page 244
... ploughing , harrowing , fallow ing , & c . which are now made use of ; and it would be equally so to suppose , that he used fuch clumfy and unartful inftruments as wooden hooks , horns of oxen , & c . to dig the ground , which were ...
... ploughing , harrowing , fallow ing , & c . which are now made use of ; and it would be equally so to suppose , that he used fuch clumfy and unartful inftruments as wooden hooks , horns of oxen , & c . to dig the ground , which were ...
Page 246
... plough who could not make one ; and that the driver fhould make the ropes of twisted willows , with which it was drawn . It was ufual for fix or eight perfons to form themselves into a fociety for fitting out one of these ploughs ...
... plough who could not make one ; and that the driver fhould make the ropes of twisted willows , with which it was drawn . It was ufual for fix or eight perfons to form themselves into a fociety for fitting out one of these ploughs ...
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