Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 10. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 705
... land . When there are three works in a meadow , and flood - hatches at the mouth of each , when the water is not fufficient to co- ver the whole completely at once , it may be watered at three different times , by taking out one of the ...
... land . When there are three works in a meadow , and flood - hatches at the mouth of each , when the water is not fufficient to co- ver the whole completely at once , it may be watered at three different times , by taking out one of the ...
Page 707
... land into the rapid current . Such turbid water is both meat and drink to the land ; and , by the unctuous fediment and mud it depofits , the foil is amazingly improved and enriched . The virtue of water from a spring , if at all ...
... land into the rapid current . Such turbid water is both meat and drink to the land ; and , by the unctuous fediment and mud it depofits , the foil is amazingly improved and enriched . The virtue of water from a spring , if at all ...
Page 717
... land in Scotland is 24 ells , or 74 feet . - A husband - land contains 6 acres of fock and fcythe land , that is , of land that may be tilled with a plough or mown with a scythe : 13 acres of arable land make one ox - gang , and 4 ox ...
... land in Scotland is 24 ells , or 74 feet . - A husband - land contains 6 acres of fock and fcythe land , that is , of land that may be tilled with a plough or mown with a scythe : 13 acres of arable land make one ox - gang , and 4 ox ...
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