British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, 10. köideMitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 |
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... hands without injury . It dissolves too in ether , and a very beauti- ful experiment consists in pouring this phosphoric ether in small portions , and in a dark place , on the surface of hot wa- ter . The phosphoric matches consist of ...
... hands without injury . It dissolves too in ether , and a very beauti- ful experiment consists in pouring this phosphoric ether in small portions , and in a dark place , on the surface of hot wa- ter . The phosphoric matches consist of ...
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... hand , it must be admitted , that vice generally stamps her votaries with marks which may be known at a glance ; but this admission applies only to the con- firmed enemies of virtue , those whose habits of living are so uniformly ...
... hand , it must be admitted , that vice generally stamps her votaries with marks which may be known at a glance ; but this admission applies only to the con- firmed enemies of virtue , those whose habits of living are so uniformly ...
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... hand , when the profile of this part of the head affords two well proportioned arches , the lowest project- ing , it is a certain sign of a good tempera- ment and a sound understanding . All great and excellent men have been found to ...
... hand , when the profile of this part of the head affords two well proportioned arches , the lowest project- ing , it is a certain sign of a good tempera- ment and a sound understanding . All great and excellent men have been found to ...
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... , and various medicines and poisons , which do not seem to be nutritious . As man on the one hand is a most truly omnivorous animal , and capable of con- verting into nourishment almost every production of the animal and PHYSIOLOGY .
... , and various medicines and poisons , which do not seem to be nutritious . As man on the one hand is a most truly omnivorous animal , and capable of con- verting into nourishment almost every production of the animal and PHYSIOLOGY .
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... hands . The number of bones that compose these organs render them susceptible of infi- nitely varied motions , and ... hand of the labourer , it obstructs sensation ; and when entirely removed , as by a blister , the contact of bodies ...
... hands . The number of bones that compose these organs render them susceptible of infi- nitely varied motions , and ... hand of the labourer , it obstructs sensation ; and when entirely removed , as by a blister , the contact of bodies ...
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