Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed. of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volum 4Francis Lieber Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1830 |
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Pàgina 13
... wire strings . CRESCENT ( crescens , Lat . ) ; an emblem , representing the moon in her state of increase . This emblem of the Ottomans is of very high antiquity . The Egyptians had their Isis , the Greeks their Diana , and it is easy ...
... wire strings . CRESCENT ( crescens , Lat . ) ; an emblem , representing the moon in her state of increase . This emblem of the Ottomans is of very high antiquity . The Egyptians had their Isis , the Greeks their Diana , and it is easy ...
Pàgina 88
... wire , and hardened up to the bows . They are afterwards heated till they become of a purple color , which indicates their proper temper . Al- most all the remaining part of the work is performed at the grinding mill , with the stone ...
... wire , and hardened up to the bows . They are afterwards heated till they become of a purple color , which indicates their proper temper . Al- most all the remaining part of the work is performed at the grinding mill , with the stone ...
Pàgina 108
... of a pedal , are brought into contact with the wires , in order to deaden the vibration . DAMPIER , William , a celebrated Eng- lish navigator , was born in 1652. He was descended from a good family in Somersetshire ; but.
... of a pedal , are brought into contact with the wires , in order to deaden the vibration . DAMPIER , William , a celebrated Eng- lish navigator , was born in 1652. He was descended from a good family in Somersetshire ; but.
Pàgina 109
... wire frame and a ring at the top . The wire gauze is made either of iron or copper , the wire being at least one thirtieth of an inch in diameter , and woven together so as to leave 625 apertures in a square inch . The body of the lamp ...
... wire frame and a ring at the top . The wire gauze is made either of iron or copper , the wire being at least one thirtieth of an inch in diameter , and woven together so as to leave 625 apertures in a square inch . The body of the lamp ...
Pàgina 225
... wire of the pile . DIAPASON . By the term diapason , the ancient Greeks expressed the interval of the octave . And certain musical instru- ment - makers have a kind of rule or scale , called the diapason , by which they deter- mine the ...
... wire of the pile . DIAPASON . By the term diapason , the ancient Greeks expressed the interval of the octave . And certain musical instru- ment - makers have a kind of rule or scale , called the diapason , by which they deter- mine the ...
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Encyclopædia Americana, Volum 4 Francis Lieber,Edward Wigglesworth,Thomas Gamaliel Bradford,Henry Vethake Visualització completa - 1857 |
Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volum 4 Francis Lieber Visualització completa - 1851 |
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