Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 6. köide,1. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... should place the first and fecond glaffes . You then pass the whole third glafs flowly ; a little after , the fourth , on which are painted the different bodies of armed Greeks ; and at the fame time , from the oppofite fide , the fixth ...
... should place the first and fecond glaffes . You then pass the whole third glafs flowly ; a little after , the fourth , on which are painted the different bodies of armed Greeks ; and at the fame time , from the oppofite fide , the fixth ...
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... Should we attend to the particular objections which may be urged against any fyftem whatever ; where is the theory which will be found proof against the efforts of fcepticism ? After all , the objections of Rouffeau against Rameau's ...
... Should we attend to the particular objections which may be urged against any fyftem whatever ; where is the theory which will be found proof against the efforts of fcepticism ? After all , the objections of Rouffeau against Rameau's ...
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... should be divided and scattered abroad , they built the tower of Babel as a landmark to which they might repair ; and probably to answer the purposes of an idolatrous temple , or high altar , dedicated to the hoft of heaven , from which ...
... should be divided and scattered abroad , they built the tower of Babel as a landmark to which they might repair ; and probably to answer the purposes of an idolatrous temple , or high altar , dedicated to the hoft of heaven , from which ...
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... should be diftilled in a more gentle manner , and carefully rec- tified according to the directions we have already gi- . ven . " 13 Thefe directions may fuffice for the diftillation of Directions any kind of fimple fpirits . The ...
... should be diftilled in a more gentle manner , and carefully rec- tified according to the directions we have already gi- . ven . " 13 Thefe directions may fuffice for the diftillation of Directions any kind of fimple fpirits . The ...
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... should never be reduced below proof ; because the large quantity of oil with which it is impregnated , will render the goods milky and foul when brought down below proof . But if there is a neceflity for do- ing this , their ...
... should never be reduced below proof ; because the large quantity of oil with which it is impregnated , will render the goods milky and foul when brought down below proof . But if there is a neceflity for do- ing this , their ...
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