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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... vessel : thus a thing is said to be abaft the fore - mast , or main - mast , when placed between the fore - mast , or main - mast , and the stern . ABAFT the beam , denotes the relative situation of any object with the ship , when the ...
... vessel : thus a thing is said to be abaft the fore - mast , or main - mast , when placed between the fore - mast , or main - mast , and the stern . ABAFT the beam , denotes the relative situation of any object with the ship , when the ...
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... vessels , in anatomy , are those which take up any fluid from the surface of the body , or of any cavity in it , and carry it into the blood . They are de- nominated according to the liquids which they convey , as Lacteals , or ...
... vessels , in anatomy , are those which take up any fluid from the surface of the body , or of any cavity in it , and carry it into the blood . They are de- nominated according to the liquids which they convey , as Lacteals , or ...
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... vessels , tendons , or nerves : the ligaments of the articulations had been in like manner changed : the connexion ... vessel to the naked fire , it readily became soft , but did not liquify without consider- D able difficulty , rather ...
... vessels , tendons , or nerves : the ligaments of the articulations had been in like manner changed : the connexion ... vessel to the naked fire , it readily became soft , but did not liquify without consider- D able difficulty , rather ...
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... vessel broken loose from her moorings , and driven to and fro by the winds or waves . ADVERB , adverbium , in grammar , a word joined to verbs , expressing the man- ner , time , & c . of an action ; thus , in the phrase , it is ...
... vessel broken loose from her moorings , and driven to and fro by the winds or waves . ADVERB , adverbium , in grammar , a word joined to verbs , expressing the man- ner , time , & c . of an action ; thus , in the phrase , it is ...
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... vessel has been filled with water , and heated , issues a blast of wind with great vehemence . Great care should be taken , that the aperture of the pipe be not stopped when the instrument is put on the fire , other- wise the aolipile ...
... vessel has been filled with water , and heated , issues a blast of wind with great vehemence . Great care should be taken , that the aperture of the pipe be not stopped when the instrument is put on the fire , other- wise the aolipile ...
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