American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Arts |
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... ancient mathemati- cians , was a table strewed over with dust , or sand , on which they drew their figures or schemes . ABACUS , in arithmetic , an instrument for facilitating operations by means of counters . Its form is various ; but ...
... ancient mathemati- cians , was a table strewed over with dust , or sand , on which they drew their figures or schemes . ABACUS , in arithmetic , an instrument for facilitating operations by means of counters . Its form is various ; but ...
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... ancient civi- lians and lawyers , for desisting from , or annulling , a legal prosecution ; for remit- ting the punishment of a crime ; and for cancelling or discharging a public debt . ABOMASUS , ABOMASUM , OF ABOMASI- rs , in ...
... ancient civi- lians and lawyers , for desisting from , or annulling , a legal prosecution ; for remit- ting the punishment of a crime ; and for cancelling or discharging a public debt . ABOMASUS , ABOMASUM , OF ABOMASI- rs , in ...
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... the materia medica of the ancients , a gum made from the Egyptian acacia - tree , and thought to be the same with our gum - arabic . ACADEMICS , a sect of philosophets , who followed the doctrine of Socrates and Plato , as ABS ACA.
... the materia medica of the ancients , a gum made from the Egyptian acacia - tree , and thought to be the same with our gum - arabic . ACADEMICS , a sect of philosophets , who followed the doctrine of Socrates and Plato , as ABS ACA.
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... ancients , were called Academici ; whereas those who have done the same , since the restoration of learn- ing , have assumed the denomination of Platonists . We usually reckon three sects of Academics ; though some make five . The ancient ...
... ancients , were called Academici ; whereas those who have done the same , since the restoration of learn- ing , have assumed the denomination of Platonists . We usually reckon three sects of Academics ; though some make five . The ancient ...
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... ancient writers , be the same with ours , or should be referred to the genus of Ranun- culus . It is confidently affirmed that the huntsmen on the Alps , who hunt the wolves and other wild animals , dip their arrows into the juice of ...
... ancient writers , be the same with ours , or should be referred to the genus of Ranun- culus . It is confidently affirmed that the huntsmen on the Alps , who hunt the wolves and other wild animals , dip their arrows into the juice of ...
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