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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... equal the finest oriental ones . The art of cutting these gems was invented in 1476 by Louis de Berquen a native of Bruges in the Auftrian Nether- lands . This ftone becomes luminous in the dark , by expofure during a certain time to ...
... equal the finest oriental ones . The art of cutting these gems was invented in 1476 by Louis de Berquen a native of Bruges in the Auftrian Nether- lands . This ftone becomes luminous in the dark , by expofure during a certain time to ...
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... equal bulk of that liquor as 2 to 1. So that , as far as could be judged by that experiment , a diamond weighs not thrice as much as water : and yet , in his table of fpecific gravities , that of a diamond is faid to be to water as 3400 ...
... equal bulk of that liquor as 2 to 1. So that , as far as could be judged by that experiment , a diamond weighs not thrice as much as water : and yet , in his table of fpecific gravities , that of a diamond is faid to be to water as 3400 ...
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... equal to the fide of the fquare bafe of the pyramid . - Jewellers then form the table and collet by dividing the block , or length of the axis , into 18 parts . They take from the upper part , and from the lower . This gives a plane at ...
... equal to the fide of the fquare bafe of the pyramid . - Jewellers then form the table and collet by dividing the block , or length of the axis , into 18 parts . They take from the upper part , and from the lower . This gives a plane at ...
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... equal to that of the dictator . A fecond dicta- tor was alfo chofen for the election of magiftrates at Rome after the battle of Cannæ . The dictatorship was originally confined to the patricians ; but the ple- beians were afterwards ...
... equal to that of the dictator . A fecond dicta- tor was alfo chofen for the election of magiftrates at Rome after the battle of Cannæ . The dictatorship was originally confined to the patricians ; but the ple- beians were afterwards ...
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... equal chance at least of being pronoun- ced wrong ; whereas , if it were always accented when employed in the one fenfe , and not in the other , it would free the reader from this perplexity . There are other cafes in which the ufe of ...
... equal chance at least of being pronoun- ced wrong ; whereas , if it were always accented when employed in the one fenfe , and not in the other , it would free the reader from this perplexity . There are other cafes in which the ufe of ...
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