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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... continued sound fatigues the ear . The strokes of heavy hammers , of artillery , & c . are apt to make people deaf for a time : and it has been known that persons , who have been long exposed to the continued and confused noise of cer ...
... continued sound fatigues the ear . The strokes of heavy hammers , of artillery , & c . are apt to make people deaf for a time : and it has been known that persons , who have been long exposed to the continued and confused noise of cer ...
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... continued for 28 mi- nutes at the height of 11,732 feet , and observed the clouds below them , that re- flected to the region which they occupied the rays of the sun ; the temperature of the air being 5 ° below the freezing point ; and ...
... continued for 28 mi- nutes at the height of 11,732 feet , and observed the clouds below them , that re- flected to the region which they occupied the rays of the sun ; the temperature of the air being 5 ° below the freezing point ; and ...
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... continued hostilities , induced the government , in the late reigns , to be stow on the subject of agriculture con- siderable attention , and to hold out nu- merous encouragements to it . The court was present at various experiments in ...
... continued hostilities , induced the government , in the late reigns , to be stow on the subject of agriculture con- siderable attention , and to hold out nu- merous encouragements to it . The court was present at various experiments in ...
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... continued through that month , when the plants are about two feet long . Were this operation to take place earlier , they would be more secure from the frost . Dibbling is employed for the purpose , and the plants are set at about the ...
... continued through that month , when the plants are about two feet long . Were this operation to take place earlier , they would be more secure from the frost . Dibbling is employed for the purpose , and the plants are set at about the ...
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... continued till April , excepting during frost . Injuries from cattle must be effectually guarded against in plantations , in their infant stage , which are as easily ruined as fields of corn . The fences , therefore , should be kept in ...
... continued till April , excepting during frost . Injuries from cattle must be effectually guarded against in plantations , in their infant stage , which are as easily ruined as fields of corn . The fences , therefore , should be kept in ...
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