Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 17. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 433
... same diftance from the upper one ; the ends go four inches under the leech linings , which are feamed over the reef bands . All linings are feamed on , and are stuck with 68 to 72 ftitches in a yard . “ Main , fore , and mizen ...
... same diftance from the upper one ; the ends go four inches under the leech linings , which are feamed over the reef bands . All linings are feamed on , and are stuck with 68 to 72 ftitches in a yard . “ Main , fore , and mizen ...
Page 560
... same time . The vines which cover the little hills about Smyrna afford both a delightful profpect and plenty of grapes , of which good wine is made . Thefe hills are agreeably interfperfed with fertile plains , little forefts of olives ...
... same time . The vines which cover the little hills about Smyrna afford both a delightful profpect and plenty of grapes , of which good wine is made . Thefe hills are agreeably interfperfed with fertile plains , little forefts of olives ...
Page 672
... same manner we proceeded till there remained only one - eighth of the original quantity of falt . The fpecific gravities by these two methods agreed extremely well . In the very deliquefcent falts the firft method exhibited fome fmall ...
... same manner we proceeded till there remained only one - eighth of the original quantity of falt . The fpecific gravities by these two methods agreed extremely well . In the very deliquefcent falts the firft method exhibited fome fmall ...
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