A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprehending All the Branches of Useful Knowledge, with Accurate Descriptions as Well of the Various Machines, Instruments, Tools, Figures, and Schemes Necessary for Illustrating Them, as of the Classes, Kinds, Preparations, and Uses of Natural Productions, Whether Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Fossils, Or Fluids; Together with the Kingdoms, Provinces, Cities, Towns, and Other Remarkable Places Throughout the World, Band 4W. Owen, 1764 - 3506 Seiten |
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... most reverend . REVERIE , the fame with delirium , rav- ing , or distraction . See DELIRIUM , & c . It is used also for any ridiculous , extra- vagant imagination , action , or propo- fition , a chimera or vifion . But the most ordinary ...
... most reverend . REVERIE , the fame with delirium , rav- ing , or distraction . See DELIRIUM , & c . It is used also for any ridiculous , extra- vagant imagination , action , or propo- fition , a chimera or vifion . But the most ordinary ...
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... most pains in forming roads , and the labour and expences they were at in rendering them fpacious , firm , ftrait , and fmooth , is incredible . They ufually ftrengthened the ground . by ramming it , laying it with flints , pebbles or ...
... most pains in forming roads , and the labour and expences they were at in rendering them fpacious , firm , ftrait , and fmooth , is incredible . They ufually ftrengthened the ground . by ramming it , laying it with flints , pebbles or ...
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... most common of all others , and is what the generality of authors describe under the name of cryftal of the shops , being that kept for medicinal purposes . See CRYSTAL . The cleareft , pureft , and most transpa- rent that can be had ...
... most common of all others , and is what the generality of authors describe under the name of cryftal of the shops , being that kept for medicinal purposes . See CRYSTAL . The cleareft , pureft , and most transpa- rent that can be had ...
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... most important apprehenfion that an au- thor of this fort ought to have before him . These books are written chiefly to the young , the ignorant , and the idle , to whom they ferve as lectures of con- duct , and introductions into life ...
... most important apprehenfion that an au- thor of this fort ought to have before him . These books are written chiefly to the young , the ignorant , and the idle , to whom they ferve as lectures of con- duct , and introductions into life ...
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... most beau- tiful proportion is to have its profile an equilateral triangle : fometimes it is fquare , that is , the pitch or angle of the ridge is a right angle , which therefore is a mean proportion , between the pointed and flat roof ...
... most beau- tiful proportion is to have its profile an equilateral triangle : fometimes it is fquare , that is , the pitch or angle of the ridge is a right angle , which therefore is a mean proportion , between the pointed and flat roof ...
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