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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... upper- most member of the capital of a column . In the Greek Doric , it is a plane square fillet . In the Ionic , and Corinthian , moulded and enriched . ABACUS , among ancient mathemati- cians , was a table strewed over with dust , or ...
... upper- most member of the capital of a column . In the Greek Doric , it is a plane square fillet . In the Ionic , and Corinthian , moulded and enriched . ABACUS , among ancient mathemati- cians , was a table strewed over with dust , or ...
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... upper pair of legs extremely thick and short : the two lower pair of legs have thick thighs , proceeding from a very slender base , and are extended into a long , stout , curved , and sharp - pointed bristle . Dr. Bononio , an Italian ...
... upper pair of legs extremely thick and short : the two lower pair of legs have thick thighs , proceeding from a very slender base , and are extended into a long , stout , curved , and sharp - pointed bristle . Dr. Bononio , an Italian ...
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... upper mandible is dilated a little on both sides towards the point , or armed with a tooth - like process , and that the nostrils are wide ; the legs are short and strong ; the feet are of the perching kind , having three toes forwards ...
... upper mandible is dilated a little on both sides towards the point , or armed with a tooth - like process , and that the nostrils are wide ; the legs are short and strong ; the feet are of the perching kind , having three toes forwards ...
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... upper part of the coffin , and flattened , as if they had been subject to a strong compression ; the linen which covered them adhered firmly ; and upon being removed , present- ed to view only irregular masses of a soft , ductile ...
... upper part of the coffin , and flattened , as if they had been subject to a strong compression ; the linen which covered them adhered firmly ; and upon being removed , present- ed to view only irregular masses of a soft , ductile ...
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... upper part of the balloon there must be adapted a valve , opening inward , to which is annexed a string passing through a hole made in a small round piece of wood , which is fastened to the lowest part of the balloon , opposite to the ...
... upper part of the balloon there must be adapted a valve , opening inward , to which is annexed a string passing through a hole made in a small round piece of wood , which is fastened to the lowest part of the balloon , opposite to the ...
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