The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 4Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 684 pages |
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... appears to us direct , accord- ing to the order of the signs ; but in its infe- rior semi - circle , when it is nearer to us than Jupiter , its motion appears retrogade ; and both these motions seem quicker the nearer the satellites are ...
... appears to us direct , accord- ing to the order of the signs ; but in its infe- rior semi - circle , when it is nearer to us than Jupiter , its motion appears retrogade ; and both these motions seem quicker the nearer the satellites are ...
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... appears like a dark spot , and is easily to be distinguish ed . This is supposed to be owing to spots on the body of ... appear- ing after a conjunction until near the op- position , only the immersions of the satel- lites into his ...
... appears like a dark spot , and is easily to be distinguish ed . This is supposed to be owing to spots on the body of ... appear- ing after a conjunction until near the op- position , only the immersions of the satel- lites into his ...
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... appears of a violet colour ; all the plants ; and by exhaling too suddenly lead. consonant of our alphabet ; being formed by the voice , by a guttural expres- sion of the breath through the mouth , to- gether with a depression of the ...
... appears of a violet colour ; all the plants ; and by exhaling too suddenly lead. consonant of our alphabet ; being formed by the voice , by a guttural expres- sion of the breath through the mouth , to- gether with a depression of the ...
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... appears , are hot . The streets are deserted , and the dead silence of night reigns every where . The inhabitants of towns and villages shut themselves up in their houses , and those of the desert in their tents , or in wells dug in the ...
... appears , are hot . The streets are deserted , and the dead silence of night reigns every where . The inhabitants of towns and villages shut themselves up in their houses , and those of the desert in their tents , or in wells dug in the ...
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... appear and receive the honour of knighthood from the king . This cause and others operated to produce such ... appears to be necessary . The order was instituted in the year 1118 , for the actual defence of the places rendered ...
... appear and receive the honour of knighthood from the king . This cause and others operated to produce such ... appears to be necessary . The order was instituted in the year 1118 , for the actual defence of the places rendered ...
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