Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Zväzok 2,Časť 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
Vyhľadávanie v obsahu knihy
Výsledky 1 - 5 z 17.
Strana 2
... present as part of the end of a houfe , is 12 feet 7 inches high and 8 feet broad ; and another 11 feet high and 23 feet in girth . Some leffer ftones yet remain . This circle , when complete , was one of the temples of the druids , in ...
... present as part of the end of a houfe , is 12 feet 7 inches high and 8 feet broad ; and another 11 feet high and 23 feet in girth . Some leffer ftones yet remain . This circle , when complete , was one of the temples of the druids , in ...
Strana 4
... present farm- houfe . Some coats of arms , and dates of the build- ing or time of repairs , are to be feen , with the ini- tial letters of the names of the owners . for a confiderable space before the extinction of their The Tudors ...
... present farm- houfe . Some coats of arms , and dates of the build- ing or time of repairs , are to be feen , with the ini- tial letters of the names of the owners . for a confiderable space before the extinction of their The Tudors ...
Strana 45
... present worth of 11. annuity for the rate and time given ; and then say , As the prefent worth thus found to 11. an- nuity , fo the present worth given to its annuity ; that is , divide the given prefent worth by that of 1 I. annuity ...
... present worth of 11. annuity for the rate and time given ; and then say , As the prefent worth thus found to 11. an- nuity , fo the present worth given to its annuity ; that is , divide the given prefent worth by that of 1 I. annuity ...
Strana 46
... present worth or value of the reverfion . By Prob 1. find the price or prefent worth of the eftate , as if poffeffion was to commence prefently ; and then , by the Tables , find the prefent value of the given annuity , or rent , for the ...
... present worth or value of the reverfion . By Prob 1. find the price or prefent worth of the eftate , as if poffeffion was to commence prefently ; and then , by the Tables , find the prefent value of the given annuity , or rent , for the ...
Strana 50
... present times would ap- pear very advantageous . But the fubfcription was not filled up . In the following year the deficiency was made good by borrowing upon annuities for lives at 14 per cent . , or at little more than feven years pur ...
... present times would ap- pear very advantageous . But the fubfcription was not filled up . In the following year the deficiency was made good by borrowing upon annuities for lives at 14 per cent . , or at little more than feven years pur ...
Iné vydania - Zobraziť všetky
Časté výrazy a frázy
againſt alfo almoft alſo ancient Angola animalcules animals appear Arabia Arabs arch architrave Areopagus arfenic Armenia army becauſe befides body cafe called caufe Chriftian church colour compofed confequence confiderable confifts decimal defign denominator difcovered diftance divided divifion divifor entablature faid fame fays fecond feems feet fent ferve feven feveral fhips fhould fhows fide fignifies filk fince fingle firft firſt fituation fize fmall fome fometimes foon fpecies ftanding ftate ftill ftones fubject fubtract fuch fufficient fuppofed fupport Greek hiftory himſelf houfe houſe iſland itſelf khalif king laft lefs likewife Mahomet meaſure Mecca Moflem moft moſt muft multiply muſt neceffary obferved occafion paffed Parian chronicle perfon plants prefent Ptolemy purpoſe raiſed reafon reft reprefented Roman ſmall Strabo Syria thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion town ufual uſed vulgar fractions weft whofe
Populárne pasáže
Strana 329 - I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a King, and of a King of England too...
Strana 71 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Strana 377 - ... spontaneously; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which he may do in about an hour, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future generations, as the native of our less temperate climate can do by ploughing in the cold of winter, and reaping in the summer's heat, as often as these seasons return...
Strana 91 - ... in a bed of water. In order, however, to be more certain, we sent in a Levantine mariner, who, by the promise of a good reward, ventured, with a flambeau in his hand, into this narrow aperture.
Strana 139 - ... being paid in proportion to the little work which he could execute, and paying in his turn for the materials which he might sometimes spoil through awkwardness and inexperience.
Strana 141 - ), would have been by the rules of the common law disappropriated, had not a clause in those statutes intervened, to give them to the king in as ample a manner as the abbots, &c. formerly held the same, at the time of their dissolution.
Strana 223 - I would call the SAXON architecture. But our Norman works had a very different original. When the Goths had conquered Spain, and the genial warmth of the climate, and the religion of the old inhabitants...
Strana 215 - ... and that it is the more permanent, in proportion as it recedes the more from its natural colour. Prepared archil very readily gives out its colour to water, to volatile spirits, and to alcohol ; it is the substance principally made use of for colouring the spirits of thermometers.
Strana 50 - An annuity for a long term of years, therefore, though its intrinsic value may be very nearly the same with that of a perpetual annuity, will not find nearly the same number of purchasers. The subscribers to a new loan, who mean generally to...
Strana 91 - ... a table. Upon our egress from this amazing cavern, we perceived a Greek inscription upon a rock at the mouth, but so obliterated by time, that we could not read it distinctly.