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 492
... figure , ceptions of and folidity , & c . but we do not perceive them imme- and figure , diately as we perceive heat and cold ; for extenfion , fi- & c . not im- gure , and folidity , are not fenfations . Those percep- tions then must ...
... figure , ceptions of and folidity , & c . but we do not perceive them imme- and figure , diately as we perceive heat and cold ; for extenfion , fi- & c . not im- gure , and folidity , are not fenfations . Those percep- tions then must ...
Page 495
... figure ; though it is certain that colour is a mere fenfation , and figure an external quality ; that colour alone is immediately perceivable by the eye , and the no- tion of figure suggested by the colour . We are aware that it has ...
... figure ; though it is certain that colour is a mere fenfation , and figure an external quality ; that colour alone is immediately perceivable by the eye , and the no- tion of figure suggested by the colour . We are aware that it has ...
Page 514
... figure , even of plain figure ; and we imagine that we per- ceive them by the eye only , becaufe different figures , as diftinguishable by touch , are fo closely affociated with their correfponding visible fenfations , that long before ...
... figure , even of plain figure ; and we imagine that we per- ceive them by the eye only , becaufe different figures , as diftinguishable by touch , are fo closely affociated with their correfponding visible fenfations , that long before ...
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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