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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Сторінка 12
... experiments , every fucceflive agi- tation produced a lefs effect than the preceding , except after being fuffered to reft a while ; for then a fresh agitation would make it almost as luminous as the first . This water , he observed ...
... experiments , every fucceflive agi- tation produced a lefs effect than the preceding , except after being fuffered to reft a while ; for then a fresh agitation would make it almost as luminous as the first . This water , he observed ...
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... experiments on the ments by light of fishes , with a view to discover the cause of the light of the fea . He thought that he had reafon to conclude , from a great variety of experiments , that all fea fishes have this property ; but ...
... experiments on the ments by light of fishes , with a view to discover the cause of the light of the fea . He thought that he had reafon to conclude , from a great variety of experiments , that all fea fishes have this property ; but ...
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... experiments , he observes , that artificial fea wa- ter may be made without the use of an hydrometer , by the proportion of four ounces avoirdupois of fait to seven pints of water , wine measure . A very elaborate paper on the subject ...
... experiments , he observes , that artificial fea wa- ter may be made without the use of an hydrometer , by the proportion of four ounces avoirdupois of fait to seven pints of water , wine measure . A very elaborate paper on the subject ...
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... experiment related by Dr Priestley of a flame of this kind being artificially pro- duced . A gentleman , who had been making many electrical experiments for a whole afternoon in a small room , on going out of it , observed a flame ...
... experiment related by Dr Priestley of a flame of this kind being artificially pro- duced . A gentleman , who had been making many electrical experiments for a whole afternoon in a small room , on going out of it , observed a flame ...
Сторінка 17
... experiment already related , where the gentleman perceived a blue flame following him , the whole air of the room was ... experiments with the light of phofphorus was made by Dr Slare ; who fays , that the liquid phofphorus ( which is ...
... experiment already related , where the gentleman perceived a blue flame following him , the whole air of the room was ... experiments with the light of phofphorus was made by Dr Slare ; who fays , that the liquid phofphorus ( which is ...
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