The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ...A. Phelps, 1826 - 312 страница |
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... forbears to say all to which his hopes prompt him , and leaves his book to speak for itself and prove its worth , by its actual effects on the rising generation . D. B. . THE UNIVERSAL PRECEPTOR ; OR , GRAMMAR OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE iv. ...
... forbears to say all to which his hopes prompt him , and leaves his book to speak for itself and prove its worth , by its actual effects on the rising generation . D. B. . THE UNIVERSAL PRECEPTOR ; OR , GRAMMAR OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE iv. ...
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... rise out of the water , sink the parts that are immersed within it . 13. Hunting is performed by most savage nations on foot , and their only weapons are clubs . The swift- est of foot , and the strongest , usually become , there- fore ...
... rise out of the water , sink the parts that are immersed within it . 13. Hunting is performed by most savage nations on foot , and their only weapons are clubs . The swift- est of foot , and the strongest , usually become , there- fore ...
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... rising spires ; With quicken'd pace successive rollers move , And these retain , and those extend , the rove ; Then fly the spoles ; the rapid axles glow ; While slowly circumvolves the lab'ring wheel below . 122. Civilized man does not ...
... rising spires ; With quicken'd pace successive rollers move , And these retain , and those extend , the rove ; Then fly the spoles ; the rapid axles glow ; While slowly circumvolves the lab'ring wheel below . 122. Civilized man does not ...
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... rising , when they first leave the gun . 179. Formerly cannon were made so large , as to discharge stones of 100lbs . weight , to a distance of five or six miles , but it is now found that the largest convenient size is a 48 pounder ...
... rising , when they first leave the gun . 179. Formerly cannon were made so large , as to discharge stones of 100lbs . weight , to a distance of five or six miles , but it is now found that the largest convenient size is a 48 pounder ...
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... rise in it about 29 inches ; or , if placed in water , 33 feet of water will rise in it ; the weight of 33 feet of water being equal to 29 inches of quicksilver . The rise of those fluids in such a tube , is caused by the pressure of ...
... rise in it about 29 inches ; or , if placed in water , 33 feet of water will rise in it ; the weight of 33 feet of water being equal to 29 inches of quicksilver . The rise of those fluids in such a tube , is caused by the pressure of ...
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