The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ...A. Phelps, 1826 - 312 страница |
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... wonderful combination of human industry , than is vis- ible on board a first rate ship of war . It appears in- credible that a vessel , as large as the largest parish church , should be moved and directed in the water with nearly the ...
... wonderful combination of human industry , than is vis- ible on board a first rate ship of war . It appears in- credible that a vessel , as large as the largest parish church , should be moved and directed in the water with nearly the ...
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Sir Richard Phillips. boat ; and it is wonderful that human hands could have fabricated and put together such gigantic materials . 173. The immense ropes and cables consist of hemp spun together ; the aggregation of timbers lately grew ...
Sir Richard Phillips. boat ; and it is wonderful that human hands could have fabricated and put together such gigantic materials . 173. The immense ropes and cables consist of hemp spun together ; the aggregation of timbers lately grew ...
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... wonderful pre- eision and force . THE STEAM ENGINE . Obs . A regular and powerful motion being thus produced , the mechanic seizes upon it , and applies it with ease to all kinds of machinery . The apparatus itself has been slightly ...
... wonderful pre- eision and force . THE STEAM ENGINE . Obs . A regular and powerful motion being thus produced , the mechanic seizes upon it , and applies it with ease to all kinds of machinery . The apparatus itself has been slightly ...
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... wonderful phenomena . Should the moon be visible , the motion in her orbit may be nightly traced by her approximating to , or receding from , certain stars ; and the same may be observed in the motion of the planets in their orbits ...
... wonderful phenomena . Should the moon be visible , the motion in her orbit may be nightly traced by her approximating to , or receding from , certain stars ; and the same may be observed in the motion of the planets in their orbits ...
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... wonderful coincidence , and a proof , at once , of the diminution and the observation . 291. It must be evident , that during all the time the sun is vertical north of the equator he will shine as many degrees beyond the north pole as ...
... wonderful coincidence , and a proof , at once , of the diminution and the observation . 291. It must be evident , that during all the time the sun is vertical north of the equator he will shine as many degrees beyond the north pole as ...
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