The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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... IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS ; AND NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS . VOLUME XVI . State Hoel Cor OF WISCONSTIT , 1876 ADAM & CHARLES BLACK , EDINBURGH . MDCCCLVIII . [ The Proprietors of this Work give notice that they reserve the right of ...
... IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS ; AND NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS . VOLUME XVI . State Hoel Cor OF WISCONSTIT , 1876 ADAM & CHARLES BLACK , EDINBURGH . MDCCCLVIII . [ The Proprietors of this Work give notice that they reserve the right of ...
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... improved in modern times , both with regard to the form of the ves- sels themselves , and also with respect to the methods of working them . The use of rowers is now entirely super- seded by the improvements made in the formation of the ...
... improved in modern times , both with regard to the form of the ves- sels themselves , and also with respect to the methods of working them . The use of rowers is now entirely super- seded by the improvements made in the formation of the ...
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... improved under the auspices of Henry , Duke of Visco , brother to the King of Portugal . In the year 1485 , Roderick and Joseph , physicians to John II . , King of Portugal , together with one Martin de Bohe- mia , a Portuguese native ...
... improved under the auspices of Henry , Duke of Visco , brother to the King of Portugal . In the year 1485 , Roderick and Joseph , physicians to John II . , King of Portugal , together with one Martin de Bohe- mia , a Portuguese native ...
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... improvement of the art , particularly in the sea charts . Globes of an improved kind , and of a much larger size than those formerly used , were now constructed , and many improvements were made in other instruments ; never- theless ...
... improvement of the art , particularly in the sea charts . Globes of an improved kind , and of a much larger size than those formerly used , were now constructed , and many improvements were made in other instruments ; never- theless ...
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... improvements soon became known abroad . In 1608 a treatise , entitled Hypomnemata Mathematica , was published by ... improved the sector for the same purposes . He also showed how to take a back observation by the cross staff , by which ...
... improvements soon became known abroad . In 1608 a treatise , entitled Hypomnemata Mathematica , was published by ... improved the sector for the same purposes . He also showed how to take a back observation by the cross staff , by which ...
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