Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 18, Part 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... continued mass . It is highly probable , therefore , that between these two ftates there is an intermediate ftate of repulfion , nay , perhaps many fuch , alternated with attractive ftates . It Materials . wetted with water . This ...
... continued mass . It is highly probable , therefore , that between these two ftates there is an intermediate ftate of repulfion , nay , perhaps many fuch , alternated with attractive ftates . It Materials . wetted with water . This ...
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... continued all the while the tree was bending and cracking . This fhows that the log is af- fected or ftrained through its whole length ; indeed this must be inferred from its bending through its whole length . It also fhows us the great ...
... continued all the while the tree was bending and cracking . This fhows that the log is af- fected or ftrained through its whole length ; indeed this must be inferred from its bending through its whole length . It also fhows us the great ...
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... continued till the vacancy of the throne in 1688 : now it is the Prins cefs Sophia , in whom the inheritance was vefted by the new king and parliament . Formerly , the defcent was abfolute , and the crown went to the next heir without ...
... continued till the vacancy of the throne in 1688 : now it is the Prins cefs Sophia , in whom the inheritance was vefted by the new king and parliament . Formerly , the defcent was abfolute , and the crown went to the next heir without ...
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... continued series of curious and interefting particulars , without any digreffions or reflections , the actions of the emperors , without omitting their vices , which he expofes with all their deformity , and with the fame freedom men ...
... continued series of curious and interefting particulars , without any digreffions or reflections , the actions of the emperors , without omitting their vices , which he expofes with all their deformity , and with the fame freedom men ...
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... continued till the liquor becomes finer and thicker , and so far diminished in bulk that it may be easily contained in the second copper . When put into the second copper , it is nearly of the colour of Madeira wine ; the boiling and ...
... continued till the liquor becomes finer and thicker , and so far diminished in bulk that it may be easily contained in the second copper . When put into the second copper , it is nearly of the colour of Madeira wine ; the boiling and ...
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affiftance againſt alfo almoſt alſo arifes artery becauſe blood body bone cafe caſe caufe cauſe coheſion compreffion confequence confiderable confifts courſe cure difeafe diſcharge diſeaſe diſtance divifion dreffings eafily emollient enemy eſpecially faid fame fays fecond fection fecured feems feparated feven feveral fhall fhips fhould fide filk firft firſt fituation fize fleet fmall fome fometimes foon force fore fpecies fracture frequently ftate ftill ftrain ftrength ftrong fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fugar fuppofed fupport furface fwelling fymptoms Guftavus hernia himſelf hydrocele incifion increaſe inflammation inftances inftrument itſelf king laft lefs ligature meaſure moft moſt muft muſcles muſt neceffary obferved occafion operation paffed patient perfon pledget poffible preffed preffure prevent purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reft Ruffia ſhips ſkin ſmall ſome ſtate ſuch Sweden tack thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion trepan tumor ufual urethra uſed veffels weft whole windward wound