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 19
... iron of whose spear weighed 300 fhekels . 1 Sam . xxvi . 2 Sam . xxiii . ABJURATION , in our ancient cuftoms , implied an oath , taken by a perfon guilty of felony , and who had fled to a place of fanctuary , whereby he folemnly engaged ...
... iron of whose spear weighed 300 fhekels . 1 Sam . xxvi . 2 Sam . xxiii . ABJURATION , in our ancient cuftoms , implied an oath , taken by a perfon guilty of felony , and who had fled to a place of fanctuary , whereby he folemnly engaged ...
Page 32
... iron at both ends , a fling , and a fword : they have very few fire - arms , and thofe were introduced by the Portuguese . The habit of perfons of quality is a fine filken veft , or fine cotton , with a kind of scarf . The citizens have ...
... iron at both ends , a fling , and a fword : they have very few fire - arms , and thofe were introduced by the Portuguese . The habit of perfons of quality is a fine filken veft , or fine cotton , with a kind of scarf . The citizens have ...
Page 34
... iron quadrant of four feet radius , as he had probably reprefented to the academy of sciences his want of fuch an inftrument whilft he should be in Abyffinia : Mr Bruce brought back with him to Eng- land this cumbrous fellow - traveller ...
... iron quadrant of four feet radius , as he had probably reprefented to the academy of sciences his want of fuch an inftrument whilft he should be in Abyffinia : Mr Bruce brought back with him to Eng- land this cumbrous fellow - traveller ...
Page 64
... iron , and many other articles of merchandize , by the European traders . . Acheen is efteemed , comparatively , healthy , being more free from woods and fwamps than most other por- tions of the island ; and the fevers and dyfenteries ...
... iron , and many other articles of merchandize , by the European traders . . Acheen is efteemed , comparatively , healthy , being more free from woods and fwamps than most other por- tions of the island ; and the fevers and dyfenteries ...
Page 73
... iron , or in a gun - barrel , it scarce gives out any other than . fixed air ; if at any time it gives out dephlogisticated air , with little or no mixture of fixed air , this is owing to a very perfect dephlogiftication of the calx ...
... iron , or in a gun - barrel , it scarce gives out any other than . fixed air ; if at any time it gives out dephlogisticated air , with little or no mixture of fixed air , this is owing to a very perfect dephlogiftication of the calx ...
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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