Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 7. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 553
... surface around them ; and are on the whole peculiarly harmonious . Now , if the ocean in any of these fwellings and agitations could be arrested and fixed , it would produce that pleafing variety which we admire in ground . Hence it is ...
... surface around them ; and are on the whole peculiarly harmonious . Now , if the ocean in any of these fwellings and agitations could be arrested and fixed , it would produce that pleafing variety which we admire in ground . Hence it is ...
Page 680
... Surface of Land . other two ) , the double fextant and telescope are fquares of the chain , or 100,000 fquare links ... Surfaces of Bodies . THE fmalleft fuperficial meafure with us is a fquare inch ; 144 of which make a fquare foot ...
... Surface of Land . other two ) , the double fextant and telescope are fquares of the chain , or 100,000 fquare links ... Surfaces of Bodies . THE fmalleft fuperficial meafure with us is a fquare inch ; 144 of which make a fquare foot ...
Page 740
... surface of the metal to be gilded is to be covered ; then a fufficient heat is to be applied to evaporate the mercury ; and the gold is laftly to be burnished with a blood - ftone . This method of gilding by amalgamation is chiefly ufed ...
... surface of the metal to be gilded is to be covered ; then a fufficient heat is to be applied to evaporate the mercury ; and the gold is laftly to be burnished with a blood - ftone . This method of gilding by amalgamation is chiefly ufed ...
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