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 487
... four , or of fix cocoons ; but a filk of three to four , of four to five , of fix to feven cocoons . If you proceed to a coarfer filk , you cannot calculate fo nicely as to one cocoon more or lefs . We fay , for example , from 12 to 15 ...
... four , or of fix cocoons ; but a filk of three to four , of four to five , of fix to feven cocoons . If you proceed to a coarfer filk , you cannot calculate fo nicely as to one cocoon more or lefs . We fay , for example , from 12 to 15 ...
Page 610
... four hours ; and then the cloth or yarn being wrung from the four liquor , and put into the logwood decoction , the whole must be fuffered to boil flowly for four hours , flockings , if there be any , being turned infide out at the end ...
... four hours ; and then the cloth or yarn being wrung from the four liquor , and put into the logwood decoction , the whole must be fuffered to boil flowly for four hours , flockings , if there be any , being turned infide out at the end ...
Page 616
... four , fix , eight , & c . he eftimates those num- bers , and calls , By the dip four , ' & c . If he judges it to be a quarter or an half more than any particular number , he calls , ' And a quarter five ! and a half four , ' If he ...
... four , fix , eight , & c . he eftimates those num- bers , and calls , By the dip four , ' & c . If he judges it to be a quarter or an half more than any particular number , he calls , ' And a quarter five ! and a half four , ' If he ...
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