Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 10. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... observe its ef- fects on the animal economy . For this purpose they made the following experiments : 1. They tried it ... observed in a woman accustomed to have convulfions when magnetifed . They came on when : 11 Other inftances are ...
... observe its ef- fects on the animal economy . For this purpose they made the following experiments : 1. They tried it ... observed in a woman accustomed to have convulfions when magnetifed . They came on when : 11 Other inftances are ...
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... observed by the fame author , that in Switzerland the inhabitants of the plains are taller than those of the mountains . It is difficult to afcertain with precision the actual limits of the human ftature . In furveying the inhabited ...
... observed by the fame author , that in Switzerland the inhabitants of the plains are taller than those of the mountains . It is difficult to afcertain with precision the actual limits of the human ftature . In furveying the inhabited ...
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... observed with more reafon , that this provifion had in view that particular weaknefs or delicacy in the conftitution of males , which makes them more fubject to mortality ; and which confequently renders it neceffary that more of them ...
... observed with more reafon , that this provifion had in view that particular weaknefs or delicacy in the conftitution of males , which makes them more fubject to mortality ; and which confequently renders it neceffary that more of them ...
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