The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 20Charles Knight, 1841 |
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... equal to about a third of the seeds employed , and the oil possesses all its natural qualities . The American process yields only 25 per cent . of oil . In the French West Indian Islands , a peculiar variety of Ricinus , called R. ruber ...
... equal to about a third of the seeds employed , and the oil possesses all its natural qualities . The American process yields only 25 per cent . of oil . In the French West Indian Islands , a peculiar variety of Ricinus , called R. ruber ...
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... equal to 400 yards , and a charge of powder equal to of the weight of the shot , about two - thirds of the number of rounds took effect ; at 600 yards , with charges varying from to of the weight , from one - third to one- half took ...
... equal to 400 yards , and a charge of powder equal to of the weight of the shot , about two - thirds of the number of rounds took effect ; at 600 yards , with charges varying from to of the weight , from one - third to one- half took ...
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... equal angles , that is , let OC bisect the angle AOB , and each half is called a right angle . When the angle AOB is mentioned , it is as two right angles . All that is necessary as to the magnitude of a right angle has been given under ...
... equal angles , that is , let OC bisect the angle AOB , and each half is called a right angle . When the angle AOB is mentioned , it is as two right angles . All that is necessary as to the magnitude of a right angle has been given under ...
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... equal to or greater than two right an- gles was never really meant , and that all propositions are to be taken with such limitations as the above restriction would render necessary ? Let those who think so , look at the last proposition ...
... equal to or greater than two right an- gles was never really meant , and that all propositions are to be taken with such limitations as the above restriction would render necessary ? Let those who think so , look at the last proposition ...
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... equal to that of the elephant . After noticing its adroitness in guarding against assailants , and in avoiding pits dug to entrap it , the Doctor remarks that when once a hippopotamus has been assailed in its watery dwelling , and has ...
... equal to that of the elephant . After noticing its adroitness in guarding against assailants , and in avoiding pits dug to entrap it , the Doctor remarks that when once a hippopotamus has been assailed in its watery dwelling , and has ...
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Page 296 - And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Page 270 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Page 21 - Every proprietor has an equal right to use the water which flows in the stream; and consequently no proprietor can have the right to use the water to the prejudice of any other proprietor. Without the consent of the other proprietors, who may be affected by his operations, no proprietor can either diminish the quantity of water which would otherwise descend to the proprietors below, nor throw the water back upon the proprietors above.
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Page 65 - Curate, in the said common perambulations, used heretofore in the days of rogations, at certain convenient places, shall admonish the people to give thanks to God, in the beholding of God's benefits...