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 535
... qualities , fo that ceived by they neceffarily refult from it ? No ; there are many the fenfes , things folid and extended which are neither hard , nor qualities coloured , nor odorous ; nor fapid ; which could not be which in- here in ...
... qualities , fo that ceived by they neceffarily refult from it ? No ; there are many the fenfes , things folid and extended which are neither hard , nor qualities coloured , nor odorous ; nor fapid ; which could not be which in- here in ...
Page 539
... qualities belong . From this it is evident , that our notion of matter , as diftinguished from its qualities , is a relative and obfcure notion , and must remain obfcure till men have other faculties . In this the philofopher seems to ...
... qualities belong . From this it is evident , that our notion of matter , as diftinguished from its qualities , is a relative and obfcure notion , and must remain obfcure till men have other faculties . In this the philofopher seems to ...
Page 540
... qualities into the figures of infen- Compf thefe , as they are in themfelves , we have clear and fible atoms . " And he adds , that " the former phyfio- Com , ofi diftin & notions . We know that they are in the body logifts ( without ...
... qualities into the figures of infen- Compf thefe , as they are in themfelves , we have clear and fible atoms . " And he adds , that " the former phyfio- Com , ofi diftin & notions . We know that they are in the body logifts ( without ...
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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