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 712
... light upon the object , by means of the concave mirror G , and regulate the body ex- actly to the eye and the focus of the glaffes by the adjufting fcrew cg . ་ Microscope lens , and a lamp or candle . At. k at the fmall end , and tied ...
... light upon the object , by means of the concave mirror G , and regulate the body ex- actly to the eye and the focus of the glaffes by the adjufting fcrew cg . ་ Microscope lens , and a lamp or candle . At. k at the fmall end , and tied ...
Page 722
... light reflected strongly from the mirror NOP , or the mirror M , without which the latter cannot illuminate the object . The object being ftrongly illuminated , fhut the door ik , and a diftinct view of the object will foon be obtained ...
... light reflected strongly from the mirror NOP , or the mirror M , without which the latter cannot illuminate the object . The object being ftrongly illuminated , fhut the door ik , and a diftinct view of the object will foon be obtained ...
Page 728
... light from thefe particles will be very different , and exhibit different colours . It is likewise somewhat difficult to obferve opaque objects ; and as the apertures of the larger magnifiers are but fmall , they are not proper for the ...
... light from thefe particles will be very different , and exhibit different colours . It is likewise somewhat difficult to obferve opaque objects ; and as the apertures of the larger magnifiers are but fmall , they are not proper for the ...
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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