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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... present times . Compiled from the writings of the beft Authors , in feveral languages ; the most approved Dictionaries , as well of general fcience as of its parti- cular branches ; the Tranfactions , Journals , and Memoirs , of Learned ...
... present times . Compiled from the writings of the beft Authors , in feveral languages ; the most approved Dictionaries , as well of general fcience as of its parti- cular branches ; the Tranfactions , Journals , and Memoirs , of Learned ...
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... present themselves as immenfe and difficult . His object comprehends univerfal nature , of which nothing can be known but by fenfation and reflection ; but the objects of fenfe are all individuals , almost infinite in number , and . for ...
... present themselves as immenfe and difficult . His object comprehends univerfal nature , of which nothing can be known but by fenfation and reflection ; but the objects of fenfe are all individuals , almost infinite in number , and . for ...
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... present time has acted a confpicuous part on the theatre of the world . The reader therefore will here find a very comprehenfive- view of CIVIL HISTORY , ancient and modern , in all its branches . Nor have the hifto- ries of NATURE and ...
... present time has acted a confpicuous part on the theatre of the world . The reader therefore will here find a very comprehenfive- view of CIVIL HISTORY , ancient and modern , in all its branches . Nor have the hifto- ries of NATURE and ...
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... present day . SUCH was the plan of the fecond edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica ; to which , as it feems hardly capable of improvement , the Compilers of the third have , with a few flight variations , ftrictly adhered . Still ...
... present day . SUCH was the plan of the fecond edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica ; to which , as it feems hardly capable of improvement , the Compilers of the third have , with a few flight variations , ftrictly adhered . Still ...
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... present , because they account for that partial regard of Mr Macfarquhar for their author , which , on the death of the former , induced the trustees for his children , together with Mr Bell the furviving partner , to requeft the latter ...
... present , because they account for that partial regard of Mr Macfarquhar for their author , which , on the death of the former , induced the trustees for his children , together with Mr Bell the furviving partner , to requeft the latter ...
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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