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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... mast , or main - mast , and the stern . ABAFT the beam , denotes the relative situation of any object with the ship , when the object is placed in any part of that A arch of the horizon , which is contained between a THE ...
... mast , or main - mast , and the stern . ABAFT the beam , denotes the relative situation of any object with the ship , when the object is placed in any part of that A arch of the horizon , which is contained between a THE ...
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... contained between a line at right angles with the keel and that point of the compass which is directly opposite the ship's course . ABAS , a weight used in Persia for weighing pearls , being one eighth part lighter than the European ...
... contained between a line at right angles with the keel and that point of the compass which is directly opposite the ship's course . ABAS , a weight used in Persia for weighing pearls , being one eighth part lighter than the European ...
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... contained in the tube , which will be agitated through its whole length , and , by various reflections from the side of the tube to the axis , the air along the middle part of the tube will be greatly condensed , and its momentum propor ...
... contained in the tube , which will be agitated through its whole length , and , by various reflections from the side of the tube to the axis , the air along the middle part of the tube will be greatly condensed , and its momentum propor ...
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... contained in 1130 feet ; and the ear receives a perception of a musical sound , thus determining its pitch by the ... contain few ornaments that obstruct the sound , and at the same time have the least echo possible . A strong and ...
... contained in 1130 feet ; and the ear receives a perception of a musical sound , thus determining its pitch by the ... contain few ornaments that obstruct the sound , and at the same time have the least echo possible . A strong and ...
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... contained therein , were removed . The cemetry , having been for ages appropriated to the reception of the dead , in one of the most populous districts of Paris , was eminently well calculated to exhibit the various process- es of ...
... contained therein , were removed . The cemetry , having been for ages appropriated to the reception of the dead , in one of the most populous districts of Paris , was eminently well calculated to exhibit the various process- es of ...
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