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 492
... employed as money of an inferior value to gold . In this cafe , it is alloyed with one - twelfth part of copper . It is likewife often employed in making household utenfils of all kinds , though its great price renders it lefs common ...
... employed as money of an inferior value to gold . In this cafe , it is alloyed with one - twelfth part of copper . It is likewife often employed in making household utenfils of all kinds , though its great price renders it lefs common ...
Page 507
... employed in original works of infiuite advantage to the world , and honour to himfelf . We have been thus particular in our account of Dr Simfon's labours in these works , because his manner of execution , while it does honour to his ...
... employed in original works of infiuite advantage to the world , and honour to himfelf . We have been thus particular in our account of Dr Simfon's labours in these works , because his manner of execution , while it does honour to his ...
Page 756
... employ to the best advantage , is fuel . Suppofing this to be employed with the fame judgment in all cafes , we are almoft intitled , by what we now know of the production of fteam , to fay that the fteam produced is proportional to the ...
... employ to the best advantage , is fuel . Suppofing this to be employed with the fame judgment in all cafes , we are almoft intitled , by what we now know of the production of fteam , to fay that the fteam produced is proportional to the ...
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