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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... Persons ought to be ena- bled to acquire , on all subjects , correct as well as general views , which may serve as food for the mind in after life , and become the basis of further studies in such branches of knowledge , as , at a ...
... Persons ought to be ena- bled to acquire , on all subjects , correct as well as general views , which may serve as food for the mind in after life , and become the basis of further studies in such branches of knowledge , as , at a ...
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... persons , from the perusal of that work . Every tutor must be sensible , however , that the Class - Book , as a mean of enlarging the sphere of useful knowledge , is rather to be considered as a commentary , than as a key to the temple ...
... persons , from the perusal of that work . Every tutor must be sensible , however , that the Class - Book , as a mean of enlarging the sphere of useful knowledge , is rather to be considered as a commentary , than as a key to the temple ...
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... three , or four , persons may derive ample subsistence , from every acre of ground in cultivation ; but there is , in no country , without cultivation , B above one human inhabitant to two square miles ; and AGRICULTURE . 13.
... three , or four , persons may derive ample subsistence , from every acre of ground in cultivation ; but there is , in no country , without cultivation , B above one human inhabitant to two square miles ; and AGRICULTURE . 13.
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... person ; and nearly ano- ther acre of that which is uncultivated . Obs . It having been ascertained , that an acre of land employed as a garden , will produce regular subsistence for four persons ; it follows , that if the ground in ...
... person ; and nearly ano- ther acre of that which is uncultivated . Obs . It having been ascertained , that an acre of land employed as a garden , will produce regular subsistence for four persons ; it follows , that if the ground in ...
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... persons . Flint , or purified stony sand , called silex , in mixed with pure soda , and exposed to a moderate heat , producing what is called the fritz this is then put into moderate - sized vessels , and exposert to a violent hent ...
... persons . Flint , or purified stony sand , called silex , in mixed with pure soda , and exposed to a moderate heat , producing what is called the fritz this is then put into moderate - sized vessels , and exposert to a violent hent ...
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