Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 6. köide,1. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... surface of the earth . Op- pofed to low . 1. High is a term altogether indefinite , and is em- ployed to exprefs the degree of elevation of any inanimate body . Thus we fay , a high moun- tain , a high houfe , fleeple , tower , pillar ...
... surface of the earth . Op- pofed to low . 1. High is a term altogether indefinite , and is em- ployed to exprefs the degree of elevation of any inanimate body . Thus we fay , a high moun- tain , a high houfe , fleeple , tower , pillar ...
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... surface of the water : a failor jumped overboard and caught it . 3. The levigatus , or globe , is common to Europe CLXIV . and South Carolina . As yet only a single fpecimen has been discovered in our feas ; taken at Penzance in ...
... surface of the water : a failor jumped overboard and caught it . 3. The levigatus , or globe , is common to Europe CLXIV . and South Carolina . As yet only a single fpecimen has been discovered in our feas ; taken at Penzance in ...
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... surface , and which perhaps difcharge fome fweet liquor , tempt the poor animal to taste them ; and the inftant thefe tender parts are irritated by its feet , the two lobes rise up , grasp it faft , lock the two rows of fpines together ...
... surface , and which perhaps difcharge fome fweet liquor , tempt the poor animal to taste them ; and the inftant thefe tender parts are irritated by its feet , the two lobes rise up , grasp it faft , lock the two rows of fpines together ...
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... surface . The magic lantern being thus adjufted , nothing more is neceffary than to provide glaffes , painted with fuch fubjects as you would reprefent , according to the The lamp is then to be grooves they are to enter . lighted ; and ...
... surface . The magic lantern being thus adjufted , nothing more is neceffary than to provide glaffes , painted with fuch fubjects as you would reprefent , according to the The lamp is then to be grooves they are to enter . lighted ; and ...
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... surface thereof . And this condensed air being taken in with the breath foon infinuates itself into all the cavities of the body , and has no ill effect , provided the bell be permitted to defcend fo flowly as to allow time for that ...
... surface thereof . And this condensed air being taken in with the breath foon infinuates itself into all the cavities of the body , and has no ill effect , provided the bell be permitted to defcend fo flowly as to allow time for that ...
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