Encyclop¿dia 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 vii
... seem not to have been aware that a dictionary is in fome measure capable of the advantages of a continued difcourfe and hence it is , that we fee nothing like a whole in what they have done . " gene- PROPOSING to remedy this defect in ...
... seem not to have been aware that a dictionary is in fome measure capable of the advantages of a continued difcourfe and hence it is , that we fee nothing like a whole in what they have done . " gene- PROPOSING to remedy this defect in ...
Page 54
... seems a spi- ritless fish , making no manner of refiftance when en- tangled , but is drawn out of the water like a lifelefs lump . It is feldom taken far out at sea , but frequents fuch parts as are not remote from the ¿ftuaries of ...
... seems a spi- ritless fish , making no manner of refiftance when en- tangled , but is drawn out of the water like a lifelefs lump . It is feldom taken far out at sea , but frequents fuch parts as are not remote from the ¿ftuaries of ...
Page 62
... seems to have acquired its name from a veffel in which ace- tum or vinegar was brought to their tables , and which probably contained about this quantity . ACETABULUM , in anatomy , a cavity in any bone for receiving the protuberant ...
... seems to have acquired its name from a veffel in which ace- tum or vinegar was brought to their tables , and which probably contained about this quantity . ACETABULUM , in anatomy , a cavity in any bone for receiving the protuberant ...
Page 70
... seems therefore more reasonable to conclude , either that it forms water , as Mr Cavendifh thinks ; or fixed air , as I fhall afterwards endeavour to prove . " In his explanation of the formation of acids , Mr Kirwan }纂 ( a ) On ...
... seems therefore more reasonable to conclude , either that it forms water , as Mr Cavendifh thinks ; or fixed air , as I fhall afterwards endeavour to prove . " In his explanation of the formation of acids , Mr Kirwan }纂 ( a ) On ...
Page 72
... seems only to ferve to abforb phlogifton from the watery part of the mercurial nitre . " This experiment was repeated with cubic nitre , and only 30 ounce - measures of air diftilled from an ounce of the mineral alkali exactly faturated ...
... seems only to ferve to abforb phlogifton from the watery part of the mercurial nitre . " This experiment was repeated with cubic nitre , and only 30 ounce - measures of air diftilled from an ounce of the mineral alkali exactly faturated ...
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