Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,1. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page ix
... same subject may admit , and even require , various divifions , according to the different points of view from which it is contemplated ; and we doubt not but , if he had been asked , he would candidly have acknowledged , that the ...
... same subject may admit , and even require , various divifions , according to the different points of view from which it is contemplated ; and we doubt not but , if he had been asked , he would candidly have acknowledged , that the ...
Page 4
... same name . ABACUS is alfo the name of an ancient inftrument for facilitating operations in arithmetic . It is variously contrived . That chiefly used in Europe is made by drawing any number of parallel lines at the distance of two ...
... same name . ABACUS is alfo the name of an ancient inftrument for facilitating operations in arithmetic . It is variously contrived . That chiefly used in Europe is made by drawing any number of parallel lines at the distance of two ...
Page 8
... same thing , differing in little but the name . Fauchet obferves , that , in the early days of the French monarchy , dukes and counts were called abbots , and duchies and counties abbeys . Even fome of their kings are mentioned in ...
... same thing , differing in little but the name . Fauchet obferves , that , in the early days of the French monarchy , dukes and counts were called abbots , and duchies and counties abbeys . Even fome of their kings are mentioned in ...
Page 32
... same ha- bit , only coarfer . The common people have nothing but a pair of cotton drawers , and a scarf which covers the reft of their body . The women are of a healthy conftitution , active , and moderately handfome , having neither ...
... same ha- bit , only coarfer . The common people have nothing but a pair of cotton drawers , and a scarf which covers the reft of their body . The women are of a healthy conftitution , active , and moderately handfome , having neither ...
Page 38
... same , substance with the Father ; and others , that he was not only a distinct , but a diffimilar , substance . Two of these sects had their denomination from Acacius bishop of Cæfa- rca , who lived in the fourth century , and changed ...
... same , substance with the Father ; and others , that he was not only a distinct , but a diffimilar , substance . Two of these sects had their denomination from Acacius bishop of Cæfa- rca , who lived in the fourth century , and changed ...
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acid acre againſt alfo alkali almoſt alſo ancient anſwer atmoſphere barley becauſe beſt cafe called calyx cauſe colour common air confequently confiderable confifts crop dephlogiſticated air diminiſhed diſtance Dr Priestley dung earth eſpecially experiments faid falt fame fays fecond feed feems feet fenfe fent feven feveral fhould fide fignifies filk firft firſt fituation fixed air fluid fmall foil fome fometimes foon fowing fown fpecies fpring ftand ftate ftill ftone ftrong fubftances fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed furface furrow grains greateſt ground harrow heat hiftory himſelf inches increaſe inflammable air itſelf kind king laft land laſt leaſt lefs leſs likewife meaſure moft moſt muſt neceffary nitrous air obferved occafion paffed perfon phlogiſticated plants plough poffible prefent produced publiſhed purpoſe quantity raiſed reafon ſeveral ſmall ſome ſpace ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tube turnip ufed uſed veffel vegetable weft whofe