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DIVINlPOTENT, adj. [from the Lat. divinus, divine, andpotens,
DIVINlPOTENT, adj. [from the Lat. divinus, divine, andpotens, able.] Divinely powerful, powerful in divine things. Scott. DI VINITY,/ [divinite, Fr. f...

By Edward Cullen. much harder lalKtr than under the influence of a
By Edward Cullen. much harder lalKtr than under the influence of a burning sun. Coulomb remarks, that the Frencli soldiers, employed on the fortificat...

1849. height equal to that of the top of the hill, instead of that
1849. height equal to that of the top of the hill, instead of that moderate exertion which is necessary to overcome the friction of the axis of the wa...

EXTRAORDINARY FEAT IN TURNING. A Correspondent of the Mechanics
EXTRAORDINARY FEAT IN TURNING. A Correspondent of the Mechanics Magazine writes thus :— Some weeks ago, I observed in a newspaper the following para...

Revenue, in hunting, a fleshy lump formed chiefly by a cluster of
Revenue, in hunting, a fleshy lump formed chiefly by a cluster of whitish worms on the head of the deer, supposed to occasion the casting of their hor...