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 519
... give a very fpecious argument for their affer- tion . They appeal to the exertions which we our felves make . Here we are confcious of the fact . Then they give fimilar examples of the action of bodies . A clay ball , moving fix feet ...
... give a very fpecious argument for their affer- tion . They appeal to the exertions which we our felves make . Here we are confcious of the fact . Then they give fimilar examples of the action of bodies . A clay ball , moving fix feet ...
Page 591
... give the pofitions of the electrometer which correspond to the quantities 2 and I. Graduation Take off the electricity of one of the balls by touch of electro- ing it , and then touch the other ball with it . This will reduce to the ...
... give the pofitions of the electrometer which correspond to the quantities 2 and I. Graduation Take off the electricity of one of the balls by touch of electro- ing it , and then touch the other ball with it . This will reduce to the ...
Page 786
... give him all the notions that he can form of its diftinguishing , its characteristic properties . How does he learn that there is matter in a particular place ? He has more than one mean of information ; and each of thefe informs him of ...
... give him all the notions that he can form of its diftinguishing , its characteristic properties . How does he learn that there is matter in a particular place ? He has more than one mean of information ; and each of thefe informs him of ...
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