Encyclop¿dia 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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Page 412
... these creatures not only fupply the place of teeth , but alfo of legs ; fiuce it is by fa- ftening thefe hooks into the fubitance it is placed on ,. and then drawing up its body to it , that it pulls itself along . Maggot . him but ...
... these creatures not only fupply the place of teeth , but alfo of legs ; fiuce it is by fa- ftening thefe hooks into the fubitance it is placed on ,. and then drawing up its body to it , that it pulls itself along . Maggot . him but ...
Page 419
... these figures are separated by lines into three regions or clusters . There is , befides these parts of the drum , an index and a hammer . The index is a bundle of brafs or iron rings , the biggest of which has a hole in its middle ...
... these figures are separated by lines into three regions or clusters . There is , befides these parts of the drum , an index and a hammer . The index is a bundle of brafs or iron rings , the biggest of which has a hole in its middle ...
Page 555
... these mixtures of colours and menftruums , there are other colours which must be laid on dry and unmixed . These are , dragon's - blood of the pureft kind , for a red ; gamboge . for a yellow ; green wax , for a green ; common brimftone ...
... these mixtures of colours and menftruums , there are other colours which must be laid on dry and unmixed . These are , dragon's - blood of the pureft kind , for a red ; gamboge . for a yellow ; green wax , for a green ; common brimftone ...
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