The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 5 |
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... causes commenced in the courts of Westminster - hall , are , by course of the courts , appointed to be tried on a day fixed in some Easter or Michaelmas term , by a jury returned from the county where the cause of action arises ; but ...
... causes commenced in the courts of Westminster - hall , are , by course of the courts , appointed to be tried on a day fixed in some Easter or Michaelmas term , by a jury returned from the county where the cause of action arises ; but ...
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... cause ; being much the same with what is otherwise called exostosis . NODES , in astronomy , the two points wherein the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic , whereof the node , where the planet ascends northwards , above the plane ...
... cause ; being much the same with what is otherwise called exostosis . NODES , in astronomy , the two points wherein the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic , whereof the node , where the planet ascends northwards , above the plane ...
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... cause for such reflections . Mr. Oldenburg continued to publish the " Transactions " as before , to Number 136 , June 25 , 1677 ; after which , the publica- tion was discontinued till the January fol- lowing , when they were again ...
... cause for such reflections . Mr. Oldenburg continued to publish the " Transactions " as before , to Number 136 , June 25 , 1677 ; after which , the publica- tion was discontinued till the January fol- lowing , when they were again ...
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... cause , therefore , why some bodies are opaque , does not consist in the want of rec- tilinear pores , pervious every way , but either in the unequal density of the parts , or in the magnitude of the pores , and to their being either ...
... cause , therefore , why some bodies are opaque , does not consist in the want of rec- tilinear pores , pervious every way , but either in the unequal density of the parts , or in the magnitude of the pores , and to their being either ...
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... cause of the twink- ling of the stars . This refractive power he ascribed , not to the vapours contained in the air , but to its different degrees of trans- parency . And it was his opinion , that so far from being the cause of the ...
... cause of the twink- ling of the stars . This refractive power he ascribed , not to the vapours contained in the air , but to its different degrees of trans- parency . And it was his opinion , that so far from being the cause of the ...
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