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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... pieces ; it is also cut into staves for casks . BUCCANEERS , those who dry and smoke flesh or fish after the manner of the Americans . This name is particularly given to the French inhabitants of the island of St. Domingo , whose whole ...
... pieces ; it is also cut into staves for casks . BUCCANEERS , those who dry and smoke flesh or fish after the manner of the Americans . This name is particularly given to the French inhabitants of the island of St. Domingo , whose whole ...
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... piece of defensive ar- mour used by the ancients . It was worn on the left arm , and composed of wickers woven together , or wood of the lightest sort , but most commonly of hides , fortifi- ed with plates of brass or other metal . The ...
... piece of defensive ar- mour used by the ancients . It was worn on the left arm , and composed of wickers woven together , or wood of the lightest sort , but most commonly of hides , fortifi- ed with plates of brass or other metal . The ...
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... piece between every two horizontal joints . This should be particularly attended to on piers , where the insisting weight is great , otherwise the stones will be in danger of splintering and crushing to pieces , and perhaps occasion a ...
... piece between every two horizontal joints . This should be particularly attended to on piers , where the insisting weight is great , otherwise the stones will be in danger of splintering and crushing to pieces , and perhaps occasion a ...
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... piece , they will have a strong and grand effect . There should be no such thing as vertical joints ; for they not only destroy the beauty of the column , but are incon- sistent with the laws of strength . Before the number of pieces ...
... piece , they will have a strong and grand effect . There should be no such thing as vertical joints ; for they not only destroy the beauty of the column , but are incon- sistent with the laws of strength . Before the number of pieces ...
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... pieces , tie pieces , and bearers ; under straining pieces are included , prin- cipal rafters , camber beams , hip and val ley rafters , collar beams , or straining beams , straining sills , struts , auxiliary raf- ters , or principal ...
... pieces , tie pieces , and bearers ; under straining pieces are included , prin- cipal rafters , camber beams , hip and val ley rafters , collar beams , or straining beams , straining sills , struts , auxiliary raf- ters , or principal ...
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