Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... coals , by which the mercury is difen- gaged and forms vapours , which , being applied to the body of the difeafed perfon , penetrate through the pores of the fkin , and produce effects fimilar to thofe of mercury administered by ...
... coals , by which the mercury is difen- gaged and forms vapours , which , being applied to the body of the difeafed perfon , penetrate through the pores of the fkin , and produce effects fimilar to thofe of mercury administered by ...
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... coal , which is exported to England , France , and Hol- land . It is watered by the rivers Forth and Devan , and joins the fire of Kinross in fending a member al- ternately to parliament . CLACKMANNAN , a fmall town of Scotland , and ca ...
... coal , which is exported to England , France , and Hol- land . It is watered by the rivers Forth and Devan , and joins the fire of Kinross in fending a member al- ternately to parliament . CLACKMANNAN , a fmall town of Scotland , and ca ...
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... coal pits between the ftrata of coal . Cronstedt informs us , that he has feen the root of a tree entirely changed into this kind of earth . M. Magellan remarks , that we must be careful to diftinguith between the pipe clay of which ...
... coal pits between the ftrata of coal . Cronstedt informs us , that he has feen the root of a tree entirely changed into this kind of earth . M. Magellan remarks , that we must be careful to diftinguith between the pipe clay of which ...
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... coal . It is met with frequently in pieces like nuts of various fizes ; which , when broken , ex- hibit impreffions of plants as the nodules of copper flate from Ilmenaus contain fish . 6. With fcaly particles , the horn - blende of the ...
... coal . It is met with frequently in pieces like nuts of various fizes ; which , when broken , ex- hibit impreffions of plants as the nodules of copper flate from Ilmenaus contain fish . 6. With fcaly particles , the horn - blende of the ...
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... coal , with a ftrong fmell of bitumen . There are various other fpecies of argillaceous earths , as the flag - ftone , fand or free ftone , toad- ftone , & c . for a defcription of which fee these ar- ticles . Clays are of very ...
... coal , with a ftrong fmell of bitumen . There are various other fpecies of argillaceous earths , as the flag - ftone , fand or free ftone , toad- ftone , & c . for a defcription of which fee these ar- ticles . Clays are of very ...
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