The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ...J. M'Gowan for Sir R. Phillips, 1820 - 364 страница |
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... give corn for the wine , but he might sell his corn for so much metal , and buy the wine with the metal , at bis convenience . Qbs , Hence , the origin of money ; and as it was found inconvenient to weigh metal in every transaction ...
... give corn for the wine , but he might sell his corn for so much metal , and buy the wine with the metal , at bis convenience . Qbs , Hence , the origin of money ; and as it was found inconvenient to weigh metal in every transaction ...
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... give to both of them a military character . He who got the better , would be in danger of being inspired with a love of conquest ; hence , much misery would arise . In time , many tribes or families would unite into one ; as well for ...
... give to both of them a military character . He who got the better , would be in danger of being inspired with a love of conquest ; hence , much misery would arise . In time , many tribes or families would unite into one ; as well for ...
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... give security to the rights of all the people , that force is instituted for the benefit of the community , and not for the particular benefit of persons with whom it is entrusted . 13. A common contribution being necessary for the ...
... give security to the rights of all the people , that force is instituted for the benefit of the community , and not for the particular benefit of persons with whom it is entrusted . 13. A common contribution being necessary for the ...
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... give new directions to the force , 184. A small wheel , with eight cogs or teeth , moving another which has forty cogs , diminishes the motion of the axle of the larger wheel a fifth , and increases the power five times , and this is ...
... give new directions to the force , 184. A small wheel , with eight cogs or teeth , moving another which has forty cogs , diminishes the motion of the axle of the larger wheel a fifth , and increases the power five times , and this is ...
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... gives motion to one wheel , which turns all the others . Obs . - A lecture of ten minutes at a watch - maker's , with the wheels and other parts under the eye , will ex- plain more than could be done by verbal description in a volume ...
... gives motion to one wheel , which turns all the others . Obs . - A lecture of ten minutes at a watch - maker's , with the wheels and other parts under the eye , will ex- plain more than could be done by verbal description in a volume ...
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Страница 91 - Mercury completes his transient year, Glowing, refulgent, with reflected glare ; Bright Venus occupies a wider way, The early harbinger of night and day ; More distant still our globe terraqueous turns, Nor chills intense, nor fiercely heated burns ; Around her rolls the lunar orb of light, Trailing her silver glories through the night ; On the earth's orbit...