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 501
... effect . The proofs of this fact have been adduced in other parts of the Encyclopædia Bri- tanuica , as , for example , in the article PHILOSOPHY , n ° 42. and in this Supplement in the article ACTION . Thefe remarks are not made in ...
... effect . The proofs of this fact have been adduced in other parts of the Encyclopædia Bri- tanuica , as , for example , in the article PHILOSOPHY , n ° 42. and in this Supplement in the article ACTION . Thefe remarks are not made in ...
Page 511
... effect of an action ; and this action is as complete in the inftant immediately of an effect , fucceeding the beginning of the motion as it is a mi- nute after . The fubfequent change of place is the con- tinuation of an effect already ...
... effect of an action ; and this action is as complete in the inftant immediately of an effect , fucceeding the beginning of the motion as it is a mi- nute after . The fubfequent change of place is the con- tinuation of an effect already ...
Page 682
... effect of the metals . It is difficult to defcribe the fenfation thus produced accurately . It has been called fubacid ; but we think it more nearly resembles the effect produced by allow ing a grain or two of nitre to lie upon the ...
... effect of the metals . It is difficult to defcribe the fenfation thus produced accurately . It has been called fubacid ; but we think it more nearly resembles the effect produced by allow ing a grain or two of nitre to lie upon the ...
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