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 485
... observation directly oppofite to the com mon opinion ; yet is not the lefs true , nor is it any way difcordant to ... observed to be more mischievous in its confequences on newly cultivated ground than in other places ; and this is ...
... observation directly oppofite to the com mon opinion ; yet is not the lefs true , nor is it any way difcordant to ... observed to be more mischievous in its confequences on newly cultivated ground than in other places ; and this is ...
Page 635
... observed the angles which the vifual rays pointing at thofe towers made with the ftraight line upon the ice . From these con- fiderations profeffor Muschenbroek was induced to make new calculations and form triangles upon the ...
... observed the angles which the vifual rays pointing at thofe towers made with the ftraight line upon the ice . From these con- fiderations profeffor Muschenbroek was induced to make new calculations and form triangles upon the ...
Page 773
... observed , that the oven - full , or the quantity of matter commonly prepared , fupplies the running of 18 glaffes , which is performed in 18 hours , being an hour for each glafs . The workmen work fix hours , and are then relieved by ...
... observed , that the oven - full , or the quantity of matter commonly prepared , fupplies the running of 18 glaffes , which is performed in 18 hours , being an hour for each glafs . The workmen work fix hours , and are then relieved by ...
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