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Diamond . ference than can be expected in two bodies of the same value , we must multiply the square of double their Diamond . fpecies ; and indeed , on an'accurate trial , does not weight by 2 , which will give their true value in ...
Diamond . ference than can be expected in two bodies of the same value , we must multiply the square of double their Diamond . fpecies ; and indeed , on an'accurate trial , does not weight by 2 , which will give their true value in ...
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She was born at fortis , to wbich some quicksilver is added : and so call . the same birth as Apollo ; and the pains which ihe saw ed from their resembling the trunk , branches , leaves , her mother suffer during her labour gave her ...
She was born at fortis , to wbich some quicksilver is added : and so call . the same birth as Apollo ; and the pains which ihe saw ed from their resembling the trunk , branches , leaves , her mother suffer during her labour gave her ...
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... of diatonick intervals , it will be neceísary , for open air , fell down motionless ; and that his brother , in understanding the former , that we should explain the Dickinson , attempting to aslist him , met with the same fate .
... of diatonick intervals , it will be neceísary , for open air , fell down motionless ; and that his brother , in understanding the former , that we should explain the Dickinson , attempting to aslist him , met with the same fate .
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In the same manner it is employed to denote the limits beyond which it could not be employed with- particular mode of procedure established in courts out becoming a vicious expression ? With this view , it of law ; as , the forms of law ...
In the same manner it is employed to denote the limits beyond which it could not be employed with- particular mode of procedure established in courts out becoming a vicious expression ? With this view , it of law ; as , the forms of law ...
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Thus , we do not say a long , but the superficies of folid objects , but is employa tall or high tree , while it is growing ; but we ed to express the capaciousness of any body which say a long , not a tall log of wood : and in the same ...
Thus , we do not say a long , but the superficies of folid objects , but is employa tall or high tree , while it is growing ; but we ed to express the capaciousness of any body which say a long , not a tall log of wood : and in the same ...
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| Pealkiri | Encyclop¿dia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 6. köide,1. osa Encyclop¿dia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Colin Macfarquhar |
| Editors | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 okt. 2007 |
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