Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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Page 23
... seems directly contrary to the teftimony of Mofes , who affures , Gen. xvii . that Abraham , though , 99 years of age , was not circumcifed til he had the exprefs command of God for it . exprefs command of God for it . But as to the for ...
... seems directly contrary to the teftimony of Mofes , who affures , Gen. xvii . that Abraham , though , 99 years of age , was not circumcifed til he had the exprefs command of God for it . exprefs command of God for it . But as to the for ...
Page 49
... seems to be more fit for medical uses than other clays , if any dead earth must be used inter- nally , when there is fuch an abundance of finer fub- ftances . The indurated bole or flate is of a reddish brown or grey colour , and is ...
... seems to be more fit for medical uses than other clays , if any dead earth must be used inter- nally , when there is fuch an abundance of finer fub- ftances . The indurated bole or flate is of a reddish brown or grey colour , and is ...
Page 86
... seem to want nothing , either with regard to ease or magnificence . Louis XIV . of France made feveral fumptuary laws for reftraining the exceffive rich nefs of coaches , prohibiting the ufe of gold , filver , & c . therein ; but they ...
... seem to want nothing , either with regard to ease or magnificence . Louis XIV . of France made feveral fumptuary laws for reftraining the exceffive rich nefs of coaches , prohibiting the ufe of gold , filver , & c . therein ; but they ...
Page 118
... seem The specific gravity of thefe ftones is between 3000 and 3400 , though always in proportion to their diffe- rent folidities . They crack in the fire , and are very difficult to be fufed ; refitting both microcofmic falt aud mineral ...
... seem The specific gravity of thefe ftones is between 3000 and 3400 , though always in proportion to their diffe- rent folidities . They crack in the fire , and are very difficult to be fufed ; refitting both microcofmic falt aud mineral ...
Page 126
... seems alfo to follow from the emiffion of light ; a ray , as foon as shaken off from a body by the vibra ting motion of the parts of the body , and got beyond the reach of attraction , being driven away with ex- ceeding great velocity ...
... seems alfo to follow from the emiffion of light ; a ray , as foon as shaken off from a body by the vibra ting motion of the parts of the body , and got beyond the reach of attraction , being driven away with ex- ceeding great velocity ...
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