Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 11. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 91
Page 410
... because his tenure is derived from another , from whom he holds . MESN alfo denotes a writ , which lieth where there is lord mefu and tenant ; and the tenant is diftrained for services due from the mefn to the fuperior lord . This is in ...
... because his tenure is derived from another , from whom he holds . MESN alfo denotes a writ , which lieth where there is lord mefu and tenant ; and the tenant is diftrained for services due from the mefn to the fuperior lord . This is in ...
Page 427
... because the fewer rays any body can tranfmit , the more it mult reflect . Laftly , the ductility of metals proceeds alfo from their denfity , from the difpofition of their pores , and from the action of latent heat ; for even the moft ...
... because the fewer rays any body can tranfmit , the more it mult reflect . Laftly , the ductility of metals proceeds alfo from their denfity , from the difpofition of their pores , and from the action of latent heat ; for even the moft ...
Page 534
... because the ideas and words of children have neither been long nor clofely affociated : but it is im- poffible that a man , however wicked , fhould habitually and without motives lie on ordinary occafions , unlefs the fundamental ...
... because the ideas and words of children have neither been long nor clofely affociated : but it is im- poffible that a man , however wicked , fhould habitually and without motives lie on ordinary occafions , unlefs the fundamental ...
Common terms and phrases
alfo alſo animalcule antimony appear arfenic becauſe body brafs cafe calcination called caufe cauſe colour confequence confiderable confifts copper Cortes diftinct diſcovered diſtance divifions earth exiftence exiſtence extenfion faid fame fays fcrew fecond feems feen fenfation fenfe fent feparated feven feveral fhall fhould fide filver fimilar fimple fingle firft firſt fituation fize flider fmall folar folid fome fomething fometimes foon fore ftate ftill ftones fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fufion fulphur fuppofe furnace fyftem glafs himſelf ideas impoffible inches inftance inftrument iron itſelf kind laft lefs likewife litharge magnifier matter meaſure metals Mexicans Mexico micrometer microſcope mind moft Montezuma moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary obferved object occafion paffing pelvis perceive perception perfon philofophers poffible pofition prefent purpoſe pyrites quantity reafon refemblance refpect reft ſmall ſome ſpace Spaniards thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tube uſed uterus veffel