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 419
... continued , for more than fix months , to suffer from a new earthquake . Were the state of the elements , previous to these dreadful events , carefully examined , it might perhaps be found to undergo certain changes which might be ...
... continued , for more than fix months , to suffer from a new earthquake . Were the state of the elements , previous to these dreadful events , carefully examined , it might perhaps be found to undergo certain changes which might be ...
Page 468
... continued fire . Those which con- tain much fulphur , arfenic , or vitriolic - acid , require a long - continued and repeated roafting , that the vola- tile matters may be expelled . Of this kind is the black- iron ore , from which the ...
... continued fire . Those which con- tain much fulphur , arfenic , or vitriolic - acid , require a long - continued and repeated roafting , that the vola- tile matters may be expelled . Of this kind is the black- iron ore , from which the ...
Page 585
... continued the fame from a distance of time as far back as we can remem- ber , it is certain , that , whether it be material or imma- terial , it has continued from that period , otherwise we can be certain of nothing . " But ( fays our ...
... continued the fame from a distance of time as far back as we can remem- ber , it is certain , that , whether it be material or imma- terial , it has continued from that period , otherwise we can be certain of nothing . " But ( fays our ...
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