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 495
... less vivid , tenfion , which , we have already feen , is perceived by thofe degrees of fenfation come to be fo closely affo- Perception means of touch . Of short distances , our first ideas are ciated with the respective distances of ...
... less vivid , tenfion , which , we have already feen , is perceived by thofe degrees of fenfation come to be fo closely affo- Perception means of touch . Of short distances , our first ideas are ciated with the respective distances of ...
Page 595
... less neceffary than the actions of matter . The various degrees of influence that motives have on different men at the fame time , and on the fame man at different times , occafion a doubt , by fuggefting a notion of chance . Some ...
... less neceffary than the actions of matter . The various degrees of influence that motives have on different men at the fame time , and on the fame man at different times , occafion a doubt , by fuggefting a notion of chance . Some ...
Page 646
... less than 400 ears of wheat , Mexico , nor any man for less than 500. He opened also the public granaries for the relief of the lower claffes but nothing was able to stop the progress of the fa- mine . Many who went for relief to other ...
... less than 400 ears of wheat , Mexico , nor any man for less than 500. He opened also the public granaries for the relief of the lower claffes but nothing was able to stop the progress of the fa- mine . Many who went for relief to other ...
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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