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... present , he warrants sextants of fifteen inches radius to within six seconds . Since the time when he first improved these instruments , he has constructed nearly a thou- sand ; and several of them having been carried to India and ...
... present , he warrants sextants of fifteen inches radius to within six seconds . Since the time when he first improved these instruments , he has constructed nearly a thou- sand ; and several of them having been carried to India and ...
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... present state of experimental philosophy . The notion that air is not a fluid , is equally repugnant to science and to common experience , and the most received ideas , or definitions of fluidity . The author is not to be excused , for ...
... present state of experimental philosophy . The notion that air is not a fluid , is equally repugnant to science and to common experience , and the most received ideas , or definitions of fluidity . The author is not to be excused , for ...
Pagina 27
... present recollect a more concise and eloquent exemplification of the observance of them in their order , than in the highly finished , though brief address of the eloquent and ac- complished apostle Paul to king Agrippa which I shall ...
... present recollect a more concise and eloquent exemplification of the observance of them in their order , than in the highly finished , though brief address of the eloquent and ac- complished apostle Paul to king Agrippa which I shall ...
Pagina 29
... present instance the narration necessarily consti- tuted the largest part of the address , as the speaker was required by Agrippa to give an account of himself . And as he was cal- led before Festus , not to undergo a trial , but merely ...
... present instance the narration necessarily consti- tuted the largest part of the address , as the speaker was required by Agrippa to give an account of himself . And as he was cal- led before Festus , not to undergo a trial , but merely ...
Pagina 36
... present about 1200 sailors , and 15000 tons of shipping employed at this place ; and 15 or 20 spermaceti works are erected on the island , which manufacture great quantities of candles , and supply the numerous light - houses of our ...
... present about 1200 sailors , and 15000 tons of shipping employed at this place ; and 15 or 20 spermaceti works are erected on the island , which manufacture great quantities of candles , and supply the numerous light - houses of our ...
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