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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... tion as one inftance HYDROSTATICS ; which , confidered as a fyftem , muft be con- feffed to be defective ; but he trufts that its defects are in a great measure fupplied un- der the separate articles RESISTANCE of Fluids , RIVER ...
... tion as one inftance HYDROSTATICS ; which , confidered as a fyftem , muft be con- feffed to be defective ; but he trufts that its defects are in a great measure fupplied un- der the separate articles RESISTANCE of Fluids , RIVER ...
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... tion of their promife : but after long deliberation , they judged that it would be more acceptable to the Public at large to comprehend the Work in the propofed number of volumes , though they fhould exclude from the last fuch articles ...
... tion of their promife : but after long deliberation , they judged that it would be more acceptable to the Public at large to comprehend the Work in the propofed number of volumes , though they fhould exclude from the last fuch articles ...
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... TION , PARALLAX , PENDULUM , PROJECTION of the Sphere , SHIP - BUILDING , and Naval TACTICS , were furnished by Andrew Mackay , L. L. D. F. R. S. E. of Aberdeen , and known to the Public as author of a treatise on the Theory and ...
... TION , PARALLAX , PENDULUM , PROJECTION of the Sphere , SHIP - BUILDING , and Naval TACTICS , were furnished by Andrew Mackay , L. L. D. F. R. S. E. of Aberdeen , and known to the Public as author of a treatise on the Theory and ...
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... tion the United Provinces could ever boaft of . His father , Cornelius Aarfens , was Register to the States ; and being acquainted with Mr Pleffis Mornay , at the Court of William Prince of Orange , he prevailed upon him to take his fon ...
... tion the United Provinces could ever boaft of . His father , Cornelius Aarfens , was Register to the States ; and being acquainted with Mr Pleffis Mornay , at the Court of William Prince of Orange , he prevailed upon him to take his fon ...
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... tion ; particularly in England : and as they increafed in riches , fo the ftate became poor ; for the lands which these regulars poffeffed were in mortua manu , i . e . could never revert to the lords who gave them . This inconvenience ...
... tion ; particularly in England : and as they increafed in riches , fo the ftate became poor ; for the lands which these regulars poffeffed were in mortua manu , i . e . could never revert to the lords who gave them . This inconvenience ...
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