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 10Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 |
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... square fore- heads , with spacious temples , and eye- bones of the above description ; when perpendicular natural wrinkles appear , they express power of mind and applica- tion ; but horizontal , interrupted in the middle , or broken at ...
... square fore- heads , with spacious temples , and eye- bones of the above description ; when perpendicular natural wrinkles appear , they express power of mind and applica- tion ; but horizontal , interrupted in the middle , or broken at ...
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... square inches ; and thus finds that one The thousand three hundred and fifty cubic inches , or about fifty - one pounds weight , press upon the left ventricle , and must be overcome by its systole . Many other calculations of the powers ...
... square inches ; and thus finds that one The thousand three hundred and fifty cubic inches , or about fifty - one pounds weight , press upon the left ventricle , and must be overcome by its systole . Many other calculations of the powers ...
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... square tower , at a great distance , appears round ; and lofty trees , in a distant perspective , seem no larger than small bushes that are nearer to us . Hearing . The undulations of the at- mosphere , excited by the vibrations of ...
... square tower , at a great distance , appears round ; and lofty trees , in a distant perspective , seem no larger than small bushes that are nearer to us . Hearing . The undulations of the at- mosphere , excited by the vibrations of ...
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... square hole , or perforation in the centre , it is blazoned square - pierced , which is more proper than quarterly- pierced , as Leigh expresses it . When the hole or perforation is round , it must be expressed round - pierced ; if it ...
... square hole , or perforation in the centre , it is blazoned square - pierced , which is more proper than quarterly- pierced , as Leigh expresses it . When the hole or perforation is round , it must be expressed round - pierced ; if it ...
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... square . Multiply the bottom row by the bottom row + 1 , and this pro- duct by twice the bottom row + 2 , and divide by 6 . PILES , rectangular . Multiply the breadth of the base by itself +1 , and this pro- duct by three times the ...
... square . Multiply the bottom row by the bottom row + 1 , and this pro- duct by twice the bottom row + 2 , and divide by 6 . PILES , rectangular . Multiply the breadth of the base by itself +1 , and this pro- duct by three times the ...
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