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 564
... cause of these wens , it would be easy to remove it by expofing the fnow - water to the air for fome time . But feveral eminent phyficians have rejected the notion that fnow - water is the cause of these wens ; for in Greenland , where ...
... cause of these wens , it would be easy to remove it by expofing the fnow - water to the air for fome time . But feveral eminent phyficians have rejected the notion that fnow - water is the cause of these wens ; for in Greenland , where ...
Page 696
... cause from which it pro- ceeds ( fee PHILOSOPHY , no 36 ; and PHYSICS , no 91 , & c . ) ; nor does the knowledge of the one by any means involve the knowledge of the other . If different things have nothing in common , it is indeed true ...
... cause from which it pro- ceeds ( fee PHILOSOPHY , no 36 ; and PHYSICS , no 91 , & c . ) ; nor does the knowledge of the one by any means involve the knowledge of the other . If different things have nothing in common , it is indeed true ...
Page 736
... cause of heat ( the matter of fire if you will ) is elastic , and that their law of elafticity , in refpect of denfity , is the fame with that of fire . But it mult To what be obferved , that although we thus affign the elafticity ...
... cause of heat ( the matter of fire if you will ) is elastic , and that their law of elafticity , in refpect of denfity , is the fame with that of fire . But it mult To what be obferved , that although we thus affign the elafticity ...
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