Eccentric Biography; or, Sketches of remarkable characters, ancient and modern ... The whole alphabetically arranged ... Ornamented with portraits, etc
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THE NEW ROYAL CYCLOPAEDIA, And ENCYCLOPAEDIA; OR, COMPLETE MODERN AND UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: On an ENTIRE NEW and IMPROVED PLAN, AND INCLUDING ALL THE Modern Improvements and Latest Discoveries on the Various Subjects. CONTAINING A NEW, FULL ... DIGEST AND DISPLAY OF THE WHOLE Theory Anc Practice of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts; ALSO THE WHOLE CIRCLE OF THE SCIENCES, HUMAN AND DIVINE. WHEREIN ALL THE RESPECTIVE SCIENCES ARE PROPERLY ARRANGED Into GENERAL and COMPLETE SYSTEMS, AND THE ARTS DIGESTED INTO DISTINCT TREATISES; LIKEWISE ALL THE VARIOUS DETACHED PARTS OF KNOWLEDGE, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, CRITICALLY ILLUSTRATED, and Very COPIOUSLY EXPLAINED, in the Most CLEAR and SATISFACTORY MANNER, ACCORDING TO THE BEST AND MOST RESPECTABLE AUTHORITIES. Comprising a ... Course of ANCIENT and MODERN LITERATURE, From the Very Earliest Ages of the World, Down to the Present Time. Including All the Latest DISCOVERIES and Newest IMPROVEMENTS Made in the Various Branches of the ARTS and SCIENCES, PARTICULARLY IN Acoustics ... Zoology, &c. &c. &c. The Whole Entirely Freed from the Many Errors, Obscurities, and Superfluities of Other Works of the Kind. By Adopting this New and Improved Plan, this Work Includes a Complete Circle of the ARTS and SCIENCES; and Forms a More METHODICAL, INTELLIGENT, and COMPLETE REPOSITORY of GENERAL and UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE, Than Any Other Encyclopaedia ... in the English Language. Illustrated with UPWARDS of 150 Very Large Superb COPPER-PLATES ... IN THEREE LARGE WOLUMES.
... dragon , in natural hiftory , a fabulous animal , which has been reprefented ... meteor , appearing long and finous , fomething in the fhape of a flying ... breed in the mufcular parts of the arms and legs , called Guinea- worms . This ...
THE NEW ROYAL CYCLOPAEDIA, And ENCYCLOPAEDIA; OR, COMPLETE MODERN AND UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: On an ENTIRE NEW and IMPROVED PLAN, AND INCLUDING ALL THE Modern Improvements and Latest Discoveries on the Various Subjects. CONTAINING A NEW, FULL ... DIGEST AND DISPLAY OF THE WHOLE Theory Anc Practice of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts; ALSO THE WHOLE CIRCLE OF THE SCIENCES, HUMAN AND DIVINE. WHEREIN ALL THE RESPECTIVE SCIENCES ARE PROPERLY ARRANGED Into GENERAL and COMPLETE SYSTEMS, AND THE ARTS DIGESTED INTO DISTINCT TREATISES; LIKEWISE ALL THE VARIOUS DETACHED PARTS OF KNOWLEDGE, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, CRITICALLY ILLUSTRATED, and Very COPIOUSLY EXPLAINED, in the Most CLEAR and SATISFACTORY MANNER, ACCORDING TO THE BEST AND MOST RESPECTABLE AUTHORITIES. Comprising a ... Course of ANCIENT and MODERN LITERATURE, From the Very Earliest Ages of the World, Down to the Present Time. Including All the Latest DISCOVERIES and Newest IMPROVEMENTS Made in the Various Branches of the ARTS and SCIENCES, PARTICULARLY IN Acoustics ... Zoology, &c. &c. &c. The Whole Entirely Freed from the Many Errors, Obscurities, and Superfluities of Other Works of the Kind. By Adopting this New and Improved Plan, this Work Includes a Complete Circle of the ARTS and SCIENCES; and Forms a More METHODICAL, INTELLIGENT, and COMPLETE REPOSITORY of GENERAL and UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE, Than Any Other Encyclopaedia ... in the English Language. Illustrated with UPWARDS of 150 Very Large Superb COPPER-PLATES ... IN THEREE LARGE WOLUMES.
... kiln . Dr. Hales is alfo of opinion , that a ventilation of warm dry air from the adjoining ilove , with a cautious hand , might be of fervice to trees and plants in green - houses ; where it is well known that an air full of the rancid ...
THE NEW ROYAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA; OR, COMPLETE MODERN UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS & SCIENCES, ON A NEW AND IMPROVED PLAN: IN WHICH ALL THE RESPECTIVE SCIENCES, ARE ARRANGED INTO COMPLETE SYSTEMS, AND THE ARTS DIGESTED INTO DISTINCT TREATISES. ALSO THE DETACHED PARTS OF KNOWLEDGE, Alphabetically Arranged and Fully Explained, According to the BEST AUTHORITIES. Containing a Digest and Display of the Whole Theory and Practice of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts. Comprising a General REPOSITORY of ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE, FROM THE EARLIEST AGES, DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME: Containing All the New IMPROVEMENTS and Latest DISCOVERIES Made in the ARTS and SCIENCES, Particularly Acoustic ... Zoology, &c. Including All the Material Information that is Contained in CHAMBER's CYCLOPAEDIA, THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, AND THE FRENCH ENCYCLOPAEDIE. By Introducing and Incorporating Complete Systems on the Sciences, and Distinct Treatises on the Respective Arts, this Work Comprises, Independent of the Alphabetical Arrangement, A GENERAL CIRCLE OF SCIENCE, AND FORMS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE LIBRARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE, That was Ever Published in the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. The Whole Entirely Freed from the Errors, Obscurities, and Superfluities of Other DICTIONARIES. Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Large Superb COPPER PLATES, Accurately Descriptive of the Subjects to which They Refer. IN THREE VOLUMES.
... AIR - GUN , a pneumatic machine for exploding bullets , & c . with great violence . See Syftem of PNEUMATICS . AIR - JACKET , a fort of jacket made of leather , in which are feveral bags , or bladders , compofed of the fame materials ...
THE NEW ROYAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA; OR, COMPLETE MODERN UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS & SCIENCES, ON A NEW AND IMPROVED PLAN: IN WHICH ALL THE RESPECTIVE SCIENCES, ARE ARRANGED INTO COMPLETE SYSTEMS, AND THE ARTS DIGESTED INTO DISTINCT TREATISES. ALSO THE DETACHED PARTS OF KNOWLEDGE, Alphabetically Arranged and Fully Explained, According to the BEST AUTHORITIES. Containing a Digest and Display of the Whole Theory and Practice of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts. Comprising a General REPOSITORY of ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE, FROM THE EARLIEST AGES, DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME: Containing All the New IMPROVEMENTS and Latest DISCOVERIES Made in the ARTS and SCIENCES, Particularly Acoustic ... Vermeology, &c. The Superfluities which Abound in Other Dictionaries are Expunged, for the Purpose of Incorporating Complete Systems, and Distinct Treatises. By Means of this Addition and Deviation from the Old Plan it Comprizes A GENERAL CIRCLE OF SCIENCE, AND FORMS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE LIBRARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE, That was Ever Published in the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. The Whole Entirely Freed from the Errors, Obscurities, and Superfluities of Other DICTIONARIES. Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Large Superb COPPER PLATES, Accurately Descriptive of the Subjects to which They Refer. IN THREE VOLUMES.
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THE NEW ROYAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA; OR, COMPLETE MODERN UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS & SCIENCES, ON A NEW AND IMPROVED PLAN: IN WHICH ALL THE RESPECTIVE SCIENCES, ARE ARRANGED INTO COMPLETE SYSTEMS, AND THE ARTS DIGESTED INTO DISTINCT TREATISES. ALSO THE DETACHED PARTS OF KNOWLEDGE, Alphabetically Arranged and Fully Explained, According to the BEST AUTHORITIES. Containing a Digest and Display of the Whole Theory and Practice of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts. Comprising a General REPOSITORY of ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE, FROM THE EARLIEST AGES, DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME: Containing All the New IMPROVEMENTS and Latest DISCOVERIES Made in the ARTS and SCIENCES, Particularly Acoustic ... Vermeology, &c. The Superfluities which Abound in Other Dictionaries are Expunged, for the Purpose of Incorporating Complete Systems, and Distinct Treatises. By Means of this Addition and Deviation from the Old Plan it Comprizes A GENERAL CIRCLE OF SCIENCE, AND FORMS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE LIBRARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE, That was Ever Published in the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. The Whole Entirely Freed from the Errors, Obscurities, and Superfluities of Other DICTIONARIES. Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Large Superb COPPER PLATES, Accurately Descriptive of the Subjects to which They Refer. IN THREE VOLUMES.
... time , the meafure of two times , or of common time , which is marked by the ... longest of all notes is a femibreve . A minim is half its value ; that is to ... Chords . 121. The chord compofed of a third , a fifth , and an octave , as ...
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... điền , đổi thửa , tạo điều kiện cơ giới hoá sản xuất , đồng thời thực hiện ... hành tiết kiệm chi tiêu , tập trung ngân sách hỗ trợ cho việc khôi phục và ... văn hoá thể thao , giáo dục , đào tạo ... nhằm cung cấp nguồn lao động có chất ...
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... Mu- cilage ; for it differs from it only in being infoluble in cold water , in which it falls with great quicknefs ... fin- viz . the amylaceous , or ftarch , the faccharine , and the ani- eft part of the fecula , however , is carried ...
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