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 467
... case of those who are dejected and fad . SIGHT , or VISION . See ANATOMY , no 142. and Index fubjoined to OPTICS . Imperfection of SIGHT with regard to Colours . Under the article COLOURS , is given an inftance of a ftrange deficiency ...
... case of those who are dejected and fad . SIGHT , or VISION . See ANATOMY , no 142. and Index fubjoined to OPTICS . Imperfection of SIGHT with regard to Colours . Under the article COLOURS , is given an inftance of a ftrange deficiency ...
Page 551
... case the best expedient perhaps would be to build two more funnels joining to the firft , and ha- ving three moderate openings , one to each funnel , in- ftead of one large one . When there is occafion to use but one , the other two may ...
... case the best expedient perhaps would be to build two more funnels joining to the firft , and ha- ving three moderate openings , one to each funnel , in- ftead of one large one . When there is occafion to use but one , the other two may ...
Page 559
... cases , to employ tax- ation as an inftrument , not of revenue , but of mono- poly . golers , impofed upon the importation of goods neceffarily raifes their price above what they might otherwife have been fold for , a temptation is ...
... cases , to employ tax- ation as an inftrument , not of revenue , but of mono- poly . golers , impofed upon the importation of goods neceffarily raifes their price above what they might otherwife have been fold for , a temptation is ...
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