Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... heat the body ; and , at the same time , corroborating the tone of the intestines . All the parts of the plant , when wounded , yield a milky faponaceous juice . This , when taken in large quantities , fo as to keep up a gentle diarrhea ...
... heat the body ; and , at the same time , corroborating the tone of the intestines . All the parts of the plant , when wounded , yield a milky faponaceous juice . This , when taken in large quantities , fo as to keep up a gentle diarrhea ...
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... heat of the fun . " Tho felves together with cords fastened to their belts , fo the air ( fays he ) was extremely ftill and calm , so as that the Romans made a most terrible havock of them . hardly to have fhaken an afpen leaf , yet I ...
... heat of the fun . " Tho felves together with cords fastened to their belts , fo the air ( fays he ) was extremely ftill and calm , so as that the Romans made a most terrible havock of them . hardly to have fhaken an afpen leaf , yet I ...
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... heat of the bark is almoft exhaufted , the pots may be plunged there- in for two or three weeks . In either cafe , however , the air must be admitted freely by opening the front glaffes ; allowing alfo a flight fhade of mats in the ...
... heat of the bark is almoft exhaufted , the pots may be plunged there- in for two or three weeks . In either cafe , however , the air must be admitted freely by opening the front glaffes ; allowing alfo a flight fhade of mats in the ...
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... heat and cold . It is defended by a small castle feated on a hill . W. Long . 14. 35. N. Lat . 28. o . CIVIDAD - Real , a town of Spain , in New Caftile , and capital of La Mancha . The inhabitants are noted for dreffing leather ...
... heat and cold . It is defended by a small castle feated on a hill . W. Long . 14. 35. N. Lat . 28. o . CIVIDAD - Real , a town of Spain , in New Caftile , and capital of La Mancha . The inhabitants are noted for dreffing leather ...
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... heat , carry them up to the furface in form of a fcum no longer diffoluble in the liquid . Blood operates in the fame manner , and is chiefly ufed in purifying the brine from which falt is made . Great quantities of ifinglafs are ...
... heat , carry them up to the furface in form of a fcum no longer diffoluble in the liquid . Blood operates in the fame manner , and is chiefly ufed in purifying the brine from which falt is made . Great quantities of ifinglafs are ...
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