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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... placed in the spaces be tween the lines , signifies only the half of what it would do on the next superior line ... placed between the fore - mast , or main - mast , and the stern . ABAFT the beam , denotes the relative situation of any ...
... placed in the spaces be tween the lines , signifies only the half of what it would do on the next superior line ... placed between the fore - mast , or main - mast , and the stern . ABAFT the beam , denotes the relative situation of any ...
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... placed behind the pectoral in the abdomen , and the branchia ossiculated . This order comprehends sixteen genera , viz . Amia Clupea Cobitis Atherina Esox Cyprinus Elops Loricaria Exocoetus Fistularia Salmo Mugil Polynemas Teuthis ...
... placed behind the pectoral in the abdomen , and the branchia ossiculated . This order comprehends sixteen genera , viz . Amia Clupea Cobitis Atherina Esox Cyprinus Elops Loricaria Exocoetus Fistularia Salmo Mugil Polynemas Teuthis ...
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... placed . The grave accent is marked thus ( ' ) , and points out when the voice ought to be lowered . The circumflex accent is com- pounded of the other two , and marked thus ( or ) : it denotes a quavering of the voice between high and ...
... placed . The grave accent is marked thus ( ' ) , and points out when the voice ought to be lowered . The circumflex accent is com- pounded of the other two , and marked thus ( or ) : it denotes a quavering of the voice between high and ...
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... placed in a contrary direction . It must , says Dr. Young , have occurred to every one's ob- servation , that a sound , such as that of a mill or a fall of water , has appeared much louder after turning a corner , when the house or ...
... placed in a contrary direction . It must , says Dr. Young , have occurred to every one's ob- servation , that a sound , such as that of a mill or a fall of water , has appeared much louder after turning a corner , when the house or ...
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... placed in the room , that sound may be heard louder or weaker , and more or less distinct . Hence it is , that blind persons , who are under the necessity of paying great attention to the perceptions of their sense of hearing , acquire ...
... placed in the room , that sound may be heard louder or weaker , and more or less distinct . Hence it is , that blind persons , who are under the necessity of paying great attention to the perceptions of their sense of hearing , acquire ...
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