Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland [ed. by W. Smellie]. Suppl. to the 3rd. ed., by G. Gleig, Том 12 |
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... says , as that which proceeds from fish . Human bodies , he fays , have fometimes emitted light about the time that they began to putrefy , and the walls and roof of a place in which dead bodies had often been exposed , had a kind of ...
... says , as that which proceeds from fish . Human bodies , he fays , have fometimes emitted light about the time that they began to putrefy , and the walls and roof of a place in which dead bodies had often been exposed , had a kind of ...
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... says , is con- tracted in its paffage through the water , but expands as foon as it gets above it . If any person would make this experiment to advantage , he informs them that the glafs must be deep and cylindrical , and not above ...
... says , is con- tracted in its paffage through the water , but expands as foon as it gets above it . If any person would make this experiment to advantage , he informs them that the glafs must be deep and cylindrical , and not above ...
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... say the one line has to the other the proportion of 5 to 7 ; fo , in like manner , if two ratios be fuch , that the one can be refolved into five equal ratios , and the other into feven of the fame ratios , we may conclude that the ...
... say the one line has to the other the proportion of 5 to 7 ; fo , in like manner , if two ratios be fuch , that the one can be refolved into five equal ratios , and the other into feven of the fame ratios , we may conclude that the ...
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... say flat , because dishes and platters in my time be- gan to be made deep and like bafons , and are indeed more convenient both for fauce and keeping the meat warm ) is esteemed fo precious as the like number of veffels that are made of ...
... say flat , because dishes and platters in my time be- gan to be made deep and like bafons , and are indeed more convenient both for fauce and keeping the meat warm ) is esteemed fo precious as the like number of veffels that are made of ...
Сторінка 287
... ( says he ) has fometimes five , fometimes fix , but most fre- quently feven strings , made of the thongs of raw sheep or goat fkins , cut extremely fine , and twined ; they rot foon , are very fubject to break in dry weather , and have ...
... ( says he ) has fometimes five , fometimes fix , but most fre- quently feven strings , made of the thongs of raw sheep or goat fkins , cut extremely fine , and twined ; they rot foon , are very fubject to break in dry weather , and have ...
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