Encyclop¿dia 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 474
... former fmeltings which contains fome tin , are to be added , to facilitate the fusion . SECT . VII . Smelting of Ores of Lead . ORES of lead are either pure , that is , containing no mixture of other metal ; or they are mixed with fil ...
... former fmeltings which contains fome tin , are to be added , to facilitate the fusion . SECT . VII . Smelting of Ores of Lead . ORES of lead are either pure , that is , containing no mixture of other metal ; or they are mixed with fil ...
Page 528
... former a necessary and eternal truth , and the latter a temporary and contingent truth . But is the difference itself real ? In the prefent inftance we cannot think that it is : for if the right angles and triangles , which constitute ...
... former a necessary and eternal truth , and the latter a temporary and contingent truth . But is the difference itself real ? In the prefent inftance we cannot think that it is : for if the right angles and triangles , which constitute ...
Page 769
... former . In thefe cafes , however , it is neceffary that the practitioner fhould accuftom him- felf by practice to form a juft eftimate of the powers of nature , otherwife he may eafily deceive himself ; in the former , fuppofing that a ...
... former . In thefe cafes , however , it is neceffary that the practitioner fhould accuftom him- felf by practice to form a juft eftimate of the powers of nature , otherwife he may eafily deceive himself ; in the former , fuppofing that a ...
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