Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 11. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 446
... colour , by which they are eafily diftinguished . Some of them are coloured with irifes , and frequently have spots ... colour of which is rather occafioned by arfenic than by filver , although it contains fo much filver as to be ...
... colour , by which they are eafily diftinguished . Some of them are coloured with irifes , and frequently have spots ... colour of which is rather occafioned by arfenic than by filver , although it contains fo much filver as to be ...
Page 546
... colour , and has the power of refifting the compreffion of our hand , is evident ; becaufe , when the ball is thrown away , the refiftance as well as the actual sensation vanish at once . 372 The idea of colour and the notion rable ...
... colour , and has the power of refifting the compreffion of our hand , is evident ; becaufe , when the ball is thrown away , the refiftance as well as the actual sensation vanish at once . 372 The idea of colour and the notion rable ...
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... colour only . His hint might however be very greatly improved , by the further affiftance of pencils , accommodated to the plates , for laying on the colours in the proper parts . - For the method of taking off mezzotinto prints on ...
... colour only . His hint might however be very greatly improved , by the further affiftance of pencils , accommodated to the plates , for laying on the colours in the proper parts . - For the method of taking off mezzotinto prints on ...
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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