Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 624
... applied to its infide , by means of a very fine filk fieve , as would adhere to it of itself , or could be made to do fo by preffing it with the finger . After this veffel had been dried and gra dually heated , it was exposed to a ...
... applied to its infide , by means of a very fine filk fieve , as would adhere to it of itself , or could be made to do fo by preffing it with the finger . After this veffel had been dried and gra dually heated , it was exposed to a ...
Page 670
... applied which defcended 41 inches in 3 " ; the ftage was then adjufted to the space cor . refponding to 2 ' , upon fuppofition that the fpaces de fcended through were as the fquares of the times , and it was found to agree accurately ...
... applied which defcended 41 inches in 3 " ; the ftage was then adjufted to the space cor . refponding to 2 ' , upon fuppofition that the fpaces de fcended through were as the fquares of the times , and it was found to agree accurately ...
Page 682
... applied to the up- per , and the filver to the under furface of the tongue , than when this order is inverted . The fenfation is most diftin & t when the tongue is of the ordinary temperature , and the metals of the fame temperature ...
... applied to the up- per , and the filver to the under furface of the tongue , than when this order is inverted . The fenfation is most diftin & t when the tongue is of the ordinary temperature , and the metals of the fame temperature ...
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