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 459
... says , that the heavens appear crowded with a variety of objects , fuch as palaces , woods , gardens , & c . befides the figures of men and other animals that appear in mo- tion among them . Some treatises have been written concerning ...
... says , that the heavens appear crowded with a variety of objects , fuch as palaces , woods , gardens , & c . befides the figures of men and other animals that appear in mo- tion among them . Some treatises have been written concerning ...
Page 694
... says , at no time a peculiar peo- ple to the Supreme Lord of heaven and earth ; for , according to him , all hiftory , facred and profane , teftifies that every nation was bleffed with the light of prophecy . That light indeed , if his ...
... says , at no time a peculiar peo- ple to the Supreme Lord of heaven and earth ; for , according to him , all hiftory , facred and profane , teftifies that every nation was bleffed with the light of prophecy . That light indeed , if his ...
Page 776
... say that feel is produced by absorbing a quantity of caloric or heat in a latent ftate , as the older chemifts had faid it was formed by absorbing phlogifton . La- voifier feems to have afcribed the qualities of fteel to a flight degree ...
... say that feel is produced by absorbing a quantity of caloric or heat in a latent ftate , as the older chemifts had faid it was formed by absorbing phlogifton . La- voifier feems to have afcribed the qualities of fteel to a flight degree ...
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