The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 4Charles Knight, 1835 |
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... length , the tube , which consists of five pieces , is bent inwards , forming a very obtuse angle . The scale of this instrument embraces nearly four octaves , -from c the second space in the base , to G in altissimo , including every ...
... length , the tube , which consists of five pieces , is bent inwards , forming a very obtuse angle . The scale of this instrument embraces nearly four octaves , -from c the second space in the base , to G in altissimo , including every ...
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... length of the tubes is 6 feet , but by doubling up , this is reduced to four . It may be considered as a base oboe [ see ОBоE ] ; and its compass is from B flat below the base staff , 9 : to B flat in the treble staff . This instrument ...
... length of the tubes is 6 feet , but by doubling up , this is reduced to four . It may be considered as a base oboe [ see ОBоE ] ; and its compass is from B flat below the base staff , 9 : to B flat in the treble staff . This instrument ...
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... length of the rampart , and in the former , one face was almost always perpendicular to a line bisecting the angle ... lengths of the faces vary from 100 to 120 yards , and the flanks are usually about 50 yards long ; but the magnitude ...
... length of the rampart , and in the former , one face was almost always perpendicular to a line bisecting the angle ... lengths of the faces vary from 100 to 120 yards , and the flanks are usually about 50 yards long ; but the magnitude ...
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... length of the flank ; and the guns which they protect from a fire in their front are liable to be dismounted by a fire from their rear . In what are called the second and third systems of Vau- ban , the principal bastions are detached ...
... length of the flank ; and the guns which they protect from a fire in their front are liable to be dismounted by a fire from their rear . In what are called the second and third systems of Vau- ban , the principal bastions are detached ...
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... length of the body . The bill is black and very much compressed . In the male ( which is the sex here figured ) the back , wings , and tail are black , broadly banded with fulvous , and the under part of [ Thamnophilus Vigorsii ...
... length of the body . The bill is black and very much compressed . In the male ( which is the sex here figured ) the back , wings , and tail are black , broadly banded with fulvous , and the under part of [ Thamnophilus Vigorsii ...
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