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 483
... contain a vast deal of heat . Thus vapour , which is colder to the touch than the water from which it was raised , contains an immenfe quantity of fire , even more than fufficient to heat it red hot . The like may be faid of common falt ...
... contain a vast deal of heat . Thus vapour , which is colder to the touch than the water from which it was raised , contains an immenfe quantity of fire , even more than fufficient to heat it red hot . The like may be faid of common falt ...
Page 630
... contains fome fine paintings in fresco ; two ftatues of Andrew and John Doria in white mar ble ; and an arfenal , in which are faid to be arms for thirty - four thousand men , with a shield , containing one hundred and twenty piftol ...
... contains fome fine paintings in fresco ; two ftatues of Andrew and John Doria in white mar ble ; and an arfenal , in which are faid to be arms for thirty - four thousand men , with a shield , containing one hundred and twenty piftol ...
Page 680
... containing 9 fquare feet , for their yard contains only 3 feet ; thirdly , the pole , containing 30 fquare yards ; fourthly , the rood , containing 40 poles ; fifthly , the acre , contain- ing 4 roods . And hence it is easy to reduce ...
... containing 9 fquare feet , for their yard contains only 3 feet ; thirdly , the pole , containing 30 fquare yards ; fourthly , the rood , containing 40 poles ; fifthly , the acre , contain- ing 4 roods . And hence it is easy to reduce ...
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