The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Τόμος 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 |
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... moon shines , they see as well , and run through the deepest shades of their forests , with as much ease and activity , as other men do in the brighest day - light . Their complexion is delicate ; they are less robust and vigorous than ...
... moon shines , they see as well , and run through the deepest shades of their forests , with as much ease and activity , as other men do in the brighest day - light . Their complexion is delicate ; they are less robust and vigorous than ...
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... moon , & c . Authors are neither agreed about the in- ventor of almanacs , nor the etymology of the word ; some deriving it from the Arabic particle al , and manah , to count ; whilst others think it comes from almanah , i . e ...
... moon , & c . Authors are neither agreed about the in- ventor of almanacs , nor the etymology of the word ; some deriving it from the Arabic particle al , and manah , to count ; whilst others think it comes from almanah , i . e ...
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... moon , and the sun's entrance into the cardinal points of the eliptic , i . e . the two equinoxes and sol- stices . These are the principal contents of alma- nacs ; besides which there are others of a political nature , and consequently ...
... moon , and the sun's entrance into the cardinal points of the eliptic , i . e . the two equinoxes and sol- stices . These are the principal contents of alma- nacs ; besides which there are others of a political nature , and consequently ...
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... Moon . They appear usually at our settlements in numbers , about St. George's Day , O. S. , and fly northward to nestle in security . They prefer islands to the continent , as further from the haunts of men . Thus , Marble Island was ...
... Moon . They appear usually at our settlements in numbers , about St. George's Day , O. S. , and fly northward to nestle in security . They prefer islands to the continent , as further from the haunts of men . Thus , Marble Island was ...
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... moon the next , and the planets and fixed stars the lowest ; that the earth is a globe , placed in the middle of the universe , and remains in its place , and that the sun is 28 times larger than the earth . ANCHOR , in maritime affairs ...
... moon the next , and the planets and fixed stars the lowest ; that the earth is a globe , placed in the middle of the universe , and remains in its place , and that the sun is 28 times larger than the earth . ANCHOR , in maritime affairs ...
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