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 507
... according to the different ufes to which they are applied . In all furnaces the principal things to be attended to are , 1. To confine the heat as much as poffible to the matter to be operated upon ; 2. To prevent its being diffipated ...
... according to the different ufes to which they are applied . In all furnaces the principal things to be attended to are , 1. To confine the heat as much as poffible to the matter to be operated upon ; 2. To prevent its being diffipated ...
Page 603
... according to their an- gular pofition to the eye . Thefe are called by the French chatorantes ; and what is a blemish in their transparency , often enhances their value on account of their fearcity . But when the fubftance of a gem is ...
... according to their an- gular pofition to the eye . Thefe are called by the French chatorantes ; and what is a blemish in their transparency , often enhances their value on account of their fearcity . But when the fubftance of a gem is ...
Page 660
... according to the fun's de- clination , reckoning from the pole . Therefore , by bringing the day of the month to the horizon , and rectifying the globe according to the time of the day , the horizon will reprefent the circle feparating ...
... according to the fun's de- clination , reckoning from the pole . Therefore , by bringing the day of the month to the horizon , and rectifying the globe according to the time of the day , the horizon will reprefent the circle feparating ...
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