Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 10. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 92
Page 413
... natural , ce- leftial , and ceremonial or fuperftitious . Natural MAGIC is no more than the application of natural active caufes to paffive fubjects ; by means whereof many surprising , but yet natural , effects are produced . Magic ...
... natural , ce- leftial , and ceremonial or fuperftitious . Natural MAGIC is no more than the application of natural active caufes to paffive fubjects ; by means whereof many surprising , but yet natural , effects are produced . Magic ...
Page 439
... natural mag- nets , but which is by Mr Cavallo fuppofed to be owing to fome mistake or mifinformation . not know . ( fays he ) , that ever the doctor ( Dr Knight ) left behind him any defcription of a compofition he had made to form ...
... natural mag- nets , but which is by Mr Cavallo fuppofed to be owing to fome mistake or mifinformation . not know . ( fays he ) , that ever the doctor ( Dr Knight ) left behind him any defcription of a compofition he had made to form ...
Page 511
... natural to man . Other animals , on the contrary , when placed on their hind legs , are either incapable of performing them at all , or do it partially , with great difficulty , and for a very short time . The gibbon , and the jocko or ...
... natural to man . Other animals , on the contrary , when placed on their hind legs , are either incapable of performing them at all , or do it partially , with great difficulty , and for a very short time . The gibbon , and the jocko or ...
Common terms and phrases
againſt alfo almoſt alſo ancient becauſe beſt body cafe called caufe cauſe colour confequence confiderable confifts conftruction dæmon defcend defcribed diſcovered diſtance diuretic Emollient equal faid fame fays fecond feems feet fent ferve feven feveral fhall fhip fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fituation fize fmall fome fometimes foon force fouth fpirit fquare ftate ftill ftones ftrong fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed fupport furface grand-mafter greateſt himſelf houſe inches increaſe iron iſland itſelf kind king laft laſt lefs lever likewife mafter magnet Mahomet Malta manner marriage meaſure moft moſt motion moving muft muſt neceffary needle obferved occafion paffed perfon piece poffible pofition poles prefent publiſhed purpoſe quantity raiſed reafon refiftance reft reprefented ſeems ſeveral ſhe ſmall ſome ſpace ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion town uſed veffel velocity weft weight wheel whofe whole