The Critical Review, Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1791 Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue." |
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... employed by common feamen , but its utility in af- certaining the longitude by means of the lunar tables Hadley could not have fufpected . The quadrant is employed for mea- furing the angular distance of objects in any fituation , even ...
... employed by common feamen , but its utility in af- certaining the longitude by means of the lunar tables Hadley could not have fufpected . The quadrant is employed for mea- furing the angular distance of objects in any fituation , even ...
Page 69
... employ ed to obviate the inconveniency when the known ftar is at a distance , may be styled the æquatorial sector , or ... employed to find the latitude of a place , to determine the pofition of the me- ridian , and the apparent time of ...
... employ ed to obviate the inconveniency when the known ftar is at a distance , may be styled the æquatorial sector , or ... employed to find the latitude of a place , to determine the pofition of the me- ridian , and the apparent time of ...
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... employ parchment , feems to be owing to his ignorance of the ufe of the plant , rather than of its exift- ence ... employed for that purpose , and the names of thefe leaves , or of the places from whence they came , ftill continued ...
... employ parchment , feems to be owing to his ignorance of the ufe of the plant , rather than of its exift- ence ... employed for that purpose , and the names of thefe leaves , or of the places from whence they came , ftill continued ...
Contents
Cliffords Reflections on the Appoint | 106 |
Sici ian Romance | 116 |
Cochranes Thoughts on Manning | 239 |
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