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 35
Page 445
... person will immediately perform the experiment . 4. The myflerious watch . You defire any person to lend you his watch , and ask him if he thinks it will or will not go when it is laid on the table . If he fay it will , you place it ...
... person will immediately perform the experiment . 4. The myflerious watch . You defire any person to lend you his watch , and ask him if he thinks it will or will not go when it is laid on the table . If he fay it will , you place it ...
Page 446
... person who drew the question to obferve the number at which the needle ftands , and to fearch in the box for a paper with the fame number , which he will find to contain the answer . You may repeat the experiment by of- fering another ...
... person who drew the question to obferve the number at which the needle ftands , and to fearch in the box for a paper with the fame number , which he will find to contain the answer . You may repeat the experiment by of- fering another ...
Page 550
... person who held it , from the conful , prætor , or other great officer . Notice was anciently given by found of trumpet ; but Nero is faid to have introduced the mappa , by throwing his napkin out of the window to fatisfy the people who ...
... person who held it , from the conful , prætor , or other great officer . Notice was anciently given by found of trumpet ; but Nero is faid to have introduced the mappa , by throwing his napkin out of the window to fatisfy the people who ...
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