Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 12, Part 2Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 441
... ftill found ? -Anfwered : Neither the fkin nor any part of the skeleton was preferved , nor can be now had ; though the declarant has often regretted the not preferving the foal , as its mother always per- formed any work that a horse ...
... ftill found ? -Anfwered : Neither the fkin nor any part of the skeleton was preferved , nor can be now had ; though the declarant has often regretted the not preferving the foal , as its mother always per- formed any work that a horse ...
Page 474
... ftill remains involved in almoft as much obscurity as ever . Many curious obfervations , however , have been made ; and as far as the laws of dead mechanifin can be applied to a living machine , the investigators have been fuccefsful ...
... ftill remains involved in almoft as much obscurity as ever . Many curious obfervations , however , have been made ; and as far as the laws of dead mechanifin can be applied to a living machine , the investigators have been fuccefsful ...
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... ftill fignified by other names , as may be seen in the beginning of the fecond part ; but thofe which we have now given are the most common , and the only terms which our prefent purpose demands . 10. Two founds equally high , or ...
... ftill fignified by other names , as may be seen in the beginning of the fecond part ; but thofe which we have now given are the most common , and the only terms which our prefent purpose demands . 10. Two founds equally high , or ...
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alfo almoft alſo altitude angle animals baſs becauſe body cafe called caufe chord cofine colour compofed confequence confiderable confifts courfe courſe defcending defcribed departure diatonic diffe difference of latitude difference of longitude diftance Egyptians faid fame fays fcale fecant fecond feems feen femitone feven feveral fhall fhell fhip fhort fhould fhow fide fifth fimple firft fituated fize fmall fome fometimes foon fouth fpecies ftate ftill ftrong fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fun's fundamental bafs fuppofed furface Greeks himſelf increaſed inftrument interfection itſelf laft lefs likewife meaſure meridian middle latitude miles minor mode Mithras moft moſt motion mountains mufic muft muſt myrrh nature neceffary obferved occafion octave pafs perfon plants pofition Port St Julian prefent preferved PROB purpoſe reafon refpect reprefent rife ſcale ſmall tetrachord thefe themſelves theſe third major thofe thoſe tion tonic tude uſed weft whofe