Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, 3. kötetEdward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 |
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2. oldal
... surface of the earth , its natural divisions , and local characteristics . The fundamental principles of geography are the spberical figure of the earth , its rotation on its axis , its revolution round the sun , and the position of the ...
... surface of the earth , its natural divisions , and local characteristics . The fundamental principles of geography are the spberical figure of the earth , its rotation on its axis , its revolution round the sun , and the position of the ...
3. oldal
... surfaces , but heights and unknown distances . The instruments used in geometry are the scale and the compass : the scale to draw and measure lines ; the compass to describe circles , of which the ܪܐ 1 use is the measurement of angles ...
... surfaces , but heights and unknown distances . The instruments used in geometry are the scale and the compass : the scale to draw and measure lines ; the compass to describe circles , of which the ܪܐ 1 use is the measurement of angles ...
4. oldal
... clear , plain and universal , such as these ' : “ A point has neither parts nor magnitude : " " " A line is length without breadth or thickness . " " A surface has length and a 2 > breadth only . " " A solid is GEOMETRY .
... clear , plain and universal , such as these ' : “ A point has neither parts nor magnitude : " " " A line is length without breadth or thickness . " " A surface has length and a 2 > breadth only . " " A solid is GEOMETRY .
10. oldal
... surfaces , but by articulations , in the manner of bones , the one length having a ball which is received into the socket of the other . This mode of union is only discoverable by forcing one of the stones out of its place ; but the ...
... surfaces , but by articulations , in the manner of bones , the one length having a ball which is received into the socket of the other . This mode of union is only discoverable by forcing one of the stones out of its place ; but the ...
12. oldal
... surface so uneven , that the foot is not to be trusted without the assistance of perpetual atten . tion . At the distance of a hundred and fifty yards , а it turns a little to the east , and running twenty or thirty yards in this ...
... surface so uneven , that the foot is not to be trusted without the assistance of perpetual atten . tion . At the distance of a hundred and fifty yards , а it turns a little to the east , and running twenty or thirty yards in this ...
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Népszerű szakaszok
359. oldal - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
45. oldal - This is a high prerogative writ, and therefore by the common law issuing out of the court of king's bench not only in term-time, but also during the vacation, by a fiat from the chief justice or any other of the judges, and running into all parts of the king's dominions; for the king is at all times entitled to have an account, why the liberty of any of his subjects is restrained, wherever that restraint may be inflicted.
319. oldal - Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon.
5. oldal - A Proposition, is something which is either proposed to be done, or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem.
5. oldal - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as ABD E.
228. oldal - But every man, when he enters into society, gives up a part of his natural liberty, as the price of so valuable a purchase ; and in consideration of receiving the advantages of mutual commerce, obliges himself to conform to those laws, which the community has thought proper to establish.
361. oldal - Odin is believed to have been the name of the one true god among the first colonies who came from the East, and peopled Germany and Scandinavia, and among their posterity for several ages.
327. oldal - The study of natural history, simple, beautiful, and instructive, consists in the collection, arrangement, and exhibition of the various productions of the earth.
333. oldal - Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
144. oldal - An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to, and presented upon oath by, a grand jury.