American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volumen6Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 |
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... . It is a native of the East Indies . GLACIERS . Those vast piles of eter- nal ice , with which it has pleased the au- thor of nature to crown the immense chasms between the summits of the Alps , objects more GIR GLA.
... . It is a native of the East Indies . GLACIERS . Those vast piles of eter- nal ice , with which it has pleased the au- thor of nature to crown the immense chasms between the summits of the Alps , objects more GIR GLA.
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... objects more grand , sublime , and terrific , than are any others of the phenomena of nature which remain stationary . These tremendous spires and towers , of uncer- tain and brittle fabric , seem to forbid the attempts of travellers to ...
... objects more grand , sublime , and terrific , than are any others of the phenomena of nature which remain stationary . These tremendous spires and towers , of uncer- tain and brittle fabric , seem to forbid the attempts of travellers to ...
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... objects must have inspired . " To come at this collected mass of ice ( Des Bois ) we crossed the Arve , and tra- velling in a tolerable road , passed some villages or hamlets , whose inhabitants be- haved with much politeness ; they ...
... objects must have inspired . " To come at this collected mass of ice ( Des Bois ) we crossed the Arve , and tra- velling in a tolerable road , passed some villages or hamlets , whose inhabitants be- haved with much politeness ; they ...
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... objects at night . Half - bour glass , called also the watch - glass , is used to measure the time which each watch has to stay upon deck . Half and quarter - minute glasses are used to ascertain the rate of the ship's veloci- ty ...
... objects at night . Half - bour glass , called also the watch - glass , is used to measure the time which each watch has to stay upon deck . Half and quarter - minute glasses are used to ascertain the rate of the ship's veloci- ty ...
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... object , in the year 1800 were com- pleted and produced a set of entirely new plates for globes of eighteen inches in diameter , and under the denomination of the " New British Globes . " The gradua- tions and lines are laid down in the ...
... object , in the year 1800 were com- pleted and produced a set of entirely new plates for globes of eighteen inches in diameter , and under the denomination of the " New British Globes . " The gradua- tions and lines are laid down in the ...
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