British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Τόμος 3Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 |
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... but most commonly of hides , fortifi- ed with plates of brass or other metal . The figure was sometimes round , some- times oval , and sometimes almost square . Most of the bucklers were curiously adorned with all sorts BUC BUC.
... but most commonly of hides , fortifi- ed with plates of brass or other metal . The figure was sometimes round , some- times oval , and sometimes almost square . Most of the bucklers were curiously adorned with all sorts BUC BUC.
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... metals are called so , either when smelted from the native ore , and not per- VOL . III . fectly refined ; or when they ... metal to a particular quan- tity of pure gold or silver , in order to make them of the fineness of what is called ...
... metals are called so , either when smelted from the native ore , and not per- VOL . III . fectly refined ; or when they ... metal to a particular quan- tity of pure gold or silver , in order to make them of the fineness of what is called ...
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... metal therein con- tained may be determined , and conse- quently whether it be above or below the standard . Silver and gold , whether coined or un- coined ( though used for a common mea . sure of other things ) are no less a com ...
... metal therein con- tained may be determined , and conse- quently whether it be above or below the standard . Silver and gold , whether coined or un- coined ( though used for a common mea . sure of other things ) are no less a com ...
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... metal , and the wing- sheaths are of a gilded copper colour , with a cast of blue - green . It is a native of India , China , and many other parts of Asia , and is also found in South America . Its beauty is so very singular , that the ...
... metal , and the wing- sheaths are of a gilded copper colour , with a cast of blue - green . It is a native of India , China , and many other parts of Asia , and is also found in South America . Its beauty is so very singular , that the ...
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... metal or substance is , of which the mirrour is made , the stronger will be the effect . The most remarkable burning - glasses , or rather mirrours , among the ancients , were those of Archimedes and Proclus ; by the first of which the ...
... metal or substance is , of which the mirrour is made , the stronger will be the effect . The most remarkable burning - glasses , or rather mirrours , among the ancients , were those of Archimedes and Proclus ; by the first of which the ...
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