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 548
... because the warmth of the tube being communicated to the air it contains , rarefies that air , and makes it lighter than the air without ; which therefore preffes in below , forces it upwards , follows and takes its place , and is ...
... because the warmth of the tube being communicated to the air it contains , rarefies that air , and makes it lighter than the air without ; which therefore preffes in below , forces it upwards , follows and takes its place , and is ...
Page 703
... because the denfities correfponding to the feries of mixtures do not change uniformly . We muft have recourse to the general rules of interpolation , by means of first and fecond differences , or be provided with a fubfidiary table of ...
... because the denfities correfponding to the feries of mixtures do not change uniformly . We muft have recourse to the general rules of interpolation , by means of first and fecond differences , or be provided with a fubfidiary table of ...
Page 727
... because they feem to be fixed , or perfectly at reft , and confequently appear always at the fame distance from each other . Falling STARS , in meteorology , fiery meteors which dart through the fky in form of a ftar . See METEOR ...
... because they feem to be fixed , or perfectly at reft , and confequently appear always at the fame distance from each other . Falling STARS , in meteorology , fiery meteors which dart through the fky in form of a ftar . See METEOR ...
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