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 459
... These waters are indeed hot , but not fo hot as boiling water . This kind of ebullition proceeds from vapours which rife from the bottom of the lake , which being fet in motion by the action of fubterra- nean fires , have force enough ...
... These waters are indeed hot , but not fo hot as boiling water . This kind of ebullition proceeds from vapours which rife from the bottom of the lake , which being fet in motion by the action of fubterra- nean fires , have force enough ...
Page 469
... these purer kinds of ores cannot be eafily extracted without the addition of fome fufible fubftance . 2. Those which are mixed with fome very refractory fubftance . Some of thefe re- fractory ores contain arfenic ; but as this fubftance ...
... these purer kinds of ores cannot be eafily extracted without the addition of fome fufible fubftance . 2. Those which are mixed with fome very refractory fubftance . Some of thefe re- fractory ores contain arfenic ; but as this fubftance ...
Page 766
... These facettes com- prehend nearly the middle third of the length of the fymphyfis and the pofterior third of its thickness.- This fymphylis then prefents in one third of its extent , or thereabouts , a true articulation ; and in the ...
... These facettes com- prehend nearly the middle third of the length of the fymphyfis and the pofterior third of its thickness.- This fymphylis then prefents in one third of its extent , or thereabouts , a true articulation ; and in 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