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, Հատոր 12 |
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Էջ 9
... kind of bandage or fillet , tied round the neck , arm , leg , or other part of the bodies of men or beafts , to divert or drive off fome disease , accident , & c . LIGATURE , is also used for a state of impotency , in refpect to venery ...
... kind of bandage or fillet , tied round the neck , arm , leg , or other part of the bodies of men or beafts , to divert or drive off fome disease , accident , & c . LIGATURE , is also used for a state of impotency , in refpect to venery ...
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... kind of light ; and having , for this purpose , dipped several ribbons in it , the white came out the brightest , next to this was the yellow , and then the green ; the other colours could hardly be perceived . It was not , how ever ...
... kind of light ; and having , for this purpose , dipped several ribbons in it , the white came out the brightest , next to this was the yellow , and then the green ; the other colours could hardly be perceived . It was not , how ever ...
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... kind of moisture which they had about them , and which a small degree of heat would expel , when an oilinefs remained which did not give this light , but would burn in the fire . Light from the flesh of birds or beafts is not fo bright ...
... kind of moisture which they had about them , and which a small degree of heat would expel , when an oilinefs remained which did not give this light , but would burn in the fire . Light from the flesh of birds or beafts is not fo bright ...
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... kind , arifing from pu- trefaction , must be admitted as one of the causes of this phenomenon . M. Godehoue has published curious ob- fervations on a kind of fish called in French bonite , al- ready mentioned ; and though he has ...
... kind , arifing from pu- trefaction , must be admitted as one of the causes of this phenomenon . M. Godehoue has published curious ob- fervations on a kind of fish called in French bonite , al- ready mentioned ; and though he has ...
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... 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 following him at fome little diftance , This , we have no ...
... 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 following him at fome little diftance , This , we have no ...
Common terms and phrases
againſt alfo alſo ancient appears becauſe befides cafe called caufe cauſe church conclufion confequence confiderable confifts Craterus D. N. Log dæmons defign defire degree diſtance eſtabliſhed expreffed faid fame fays fecond feems feen fent feries ferve feven feveral fhall fhip fhould fide filk fince firft firſt fituation fmall fome fometimes foon fouth fpecies fquare ftands ftate ftill ftone fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed fupported furface fyllo fyllogifm himſelf houfe houſe ideas ifland increaſed inftrument iron itſelf king laft lefs likewife logarithm London Macedon Macedonian magnet magnetifm manner meaſure moft moſt muſt neceffary needle north pole obferved occafion oppofite paffed Perdiccas perfon pofition pole Porus prefent propofition purpoſe reafon refpect refult reprefented river ſhall ſmall ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion town univerfal uſed ward weft whofe ΙΟ
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Էջ 233 - A body of nobility is also more peculiarly necessary in our mixed and compounded constitution, in order to support the rights of both the crown and the people, by forming a barrier to withstand the encroachments of both.
Էջ 269 - I am lawfully called," said he, " to appear in that city, and thither will I go in the name of the Lord, though as many devils as there are tiles on the houses were there combined against me.
Էջ 290 - Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her...
Էջ 233 - ... to be precarious. The nobility, therefore, are the pillars, which are reared from among the people, more immediately to support the throne; and, if that falls, they must also be buried under its ruins.
Էջ 152 - ... as there are a great many other ways by which heat might have been communicated to it. And if we cannot argue from the removal of the antecedent to the removal of the consequent, no more can we from the admission of the consequent to the admis.
Էջ 72 - The logarithm of the root of a number is found by dividing the logarithm of the number by the index of the root.
Էջ 327 - These being of different standing and proficiency, he was obliged to divide them into four or five classes, in each of which he employed a full hour every day, from the first of Nov. to the first of June. In the first class he taught the first six books of " Euclid's Elements," plain trigonometry, practical geometry, the elements of fortification, and an introduction to algebra.
Էջ 14 - ... it, for fome minutes, globules of light as large as the heads of pins. When he prefled thefe globules, they appeared to his touch like a foft and thin pulp ; and fome days after the fea was covered near the coafts with whole banks of thefe little iifh.
Էջ 191 - The Golden Orb or Globe, put into the king's right hand before he is crowned, and borne in his left, with the sceptre in his right, upon his return into Westminster-hall after he is crowned.
Էջ 410 - I could walk with, till this soul, like a ray of light, entered into me, and my tongue began to speak, my eye to see, and my foot to walk ; therefore punish it eternally, but deliver me.