The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ...A. Phelps, 1826 - 312 страница |
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... surface of the ground ; and the pitts or wells , dug in search of the ore , are called mines . The well itself , is called the shaft of the mine . Pits , from which stone only is extracted , are called stone - quar- ries . 74. The ...
... surface of the ground ; and the pitts or wells , dug in search of the ore , are called mines . The well itself , is called the shaft of the mine . Pits , from which stone only is extracted , are called stone - quar- ries . 74. The ...
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... surface of the external mercury or water ; hence it is infer- red , and with reason , that the elasticity of the air which we breathe , is in all places equal in force to the weight of about 29 inches of mercury , or 33 feet of water ...
... surface of the external mercury or water ; hence it is infer- red , and with reason , that the elasticity of the air which we breathe , is in all places equal in force to the weight of about 29 inches of mercury , or 33 feet of water ...
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... surface of the earth ; the shape and size of the land and seas ; the bounda- ries of nations , and their climate and ... surface is covered with one part of land , and three parts of water , which are inhabited and filled with ...
... surface of the earth ; the shape and size of the land and seas ; the bounda- ries of nations , and their climate and ... surface is covered with one part of land , and three parts of water , which are inhabited and filled with ...
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... surface of the earth . See my Grammar of Philosophy . 246. The highest mountains detract no more from the roundness of the earth than the inequalities on the rind of an orange detract from its general rotundity . Chimborazo , one of the ...
... surface of the earth . See my Grammar of Philosophy . 246. The highest mountains detract no more from the roundness of the earth than the inequalities on the rind of an orange detract from its general rotundity . Chimborazo , one of the ...
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... surface . These consist of a nucleus , which is much darker than the rest , and surrounded by a mist or smoke ; and they are so changeable as frequently to vary dur- ing the the time of observation . Some of the largest of them exceed ...
... surface . These consist of a nucleus , which is much darker than the rest , and surrounded by a mist or smoke ; and they are so changeable as frequently to vary dur- ing the the time of observation . Some of the largest of them exceed ...
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