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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... object acts upon the mind or the mind upon the object . An object , in being perceived , does not act at all . I perceive the walls of the room where I fit ; but they are perfectly inactive , and therefore act not upon the mind . To be ...
... object acts upon the mind or the mind upon the object . An object , in being perceived , does not act at all . I perceive the walls of the room where I fit ; but they are perfectly inactive , and therefore act not upon the mind . To be ...
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... object . The object being ftrongly illuminated , fhut the door ik , and a diftinct view of the object will foon be obtained on your fereen , by adjufting the tubes VX , which is effected by moving them backwards or for wards . A round ...
... object . The object being ftrongly illuminated , fhut the door ik , and a diftinct view of the object will foon be obtained on your fereen , by adjufting the tubes VX , which is effected by moving them backwards or for wards . A round ...
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... object ; nor to draw our inferences till after repeated experiments and examinations of the object in many different lights and positions ; to pafs no judgment upon things extended by force , or contracted by drynefs , or in any manner ...
... object ; nor to draw our inferences till after repeated experiments and examinations of the object in many different lights and positions ; to pafs no judgment upon things extended by force , or contracted by drynefs , or in any manner ...
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