British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... idea of their distance from us ; and this distance is fancied to be greater , when a number of objects are interposed between the eye and the body we are viewing , which is the case when we see the heavenly bo- dies near the horizon ...
... idea of their distance from us ; and this distance is fancied to be greater , when a number of objects are interposed between the eye and the body we are viewing , which is the case when we see the heavenly bo- dies near the horizon ...
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... idea pre- dominates in their institution . ORDINANCE , or Ordonnance , a law , statute , or command of a sovereign or su- perior . ORDINARY , in the civil law , signifies any judge that hath authority to take cog- nizance of causes in ...
... idea pre- dominates in their institution . ORDINANCE , or Ordonnance , a law , statute , or command of a sovereign or su- perior . ORDINARY , in the civil law , signifies any judge that hath authority to take cog- nizance of causes in ...
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... idea or sensa- nests , secure from all depredation . They tion of fire . These birds form pensile are about seven inches long , and inhabit North America . 0. galbula , or the golden oriole , is as large as a blackbird , and of a fine ...
... idea or sensa- nests , secure from all depredation . They tion of fire . These birds form pensile are about seven inches long , and inhabit North America . 0. galbula , or the golden oriole , is as large as a blackbird , and of a fine ...
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... ideas have been obtained respecting the formation of the earth itself . Xenophanes , more than 400 years before Christ , was led to the belief of the eternity of the universe , by discovering the remains of different marine animals ...
... ideas have been obtained respecting the formation of the earth itself . Xenophanes , more than 400 years before Christ , was led to the belief of the eternity of the universe , by discovering the remains of different marine animals ...
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... idea of minute basaltes . The compound Madrepores , the stelliform part of which are extend- ed in undulating labyrinthean forms , appear to be much less numerous as fos- sils than any of the other corals : their existence in a ...
... idea of minute basaltes . The compound Madrepores , the stelliform part of which are extend- ed in undulating labyrinthean forms , appear to be much less numerous as fos- sils than any of the other corals : their existence in a ...
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