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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... manner in hopes of exciting fome man of fcience to publish a system of inftruction on this fubject . The li- mits of our Work will not admit of a detail : but we think it neceffary to point out the leading principles , and to give the ...
... manner in hopes of exciting fome man of fcience to publish a system of inftruction on this fubject . The li- mits of our Work will not admit of a detail : but we think it neceffary to point out the leading principles , and to give the ...
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... manner , we thall understand the nature of cohesion when we have difcovered with equal generality the laws of cohefion , or general facts which are obferved in the appearances , and when we have defcribed and claffed them with equal ...
... manner , we thall understand the nature of cohesion when we have difcovered with equal generality the laws of cohefion , or general facts which are obferved in the appearances , and when we have defcribed and claffed them with equal ...
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... manner . It is plain that this may extend to any fize and fill any fpace . Now let this affemblage of balls be firmly contem- plated by the imagination , and be supposed to shrink con- tinually in all its demenfions , till the balls ...
... manner . It is plain that this may extend to any fize and fill any fpace . Now let this affemblage of balls be firmly contem- plated by the imagination , and be supposed to shrink con- tinually in all its demenfions , till the balls ...
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... manner on water . Its feet are wetted , because they attract the water instead of repelling it . A fteel needle , wiped very clean , will lie on the furface of wa- ter , making an impreffion as a great bar would make on a feather bed ...
... manner on water . Its feet are wetted , because they attract the water instead of repelling it . A fteel needle , wiped very clean , will lie on the furface of wa- ter , making an impreffion as a great bar would make on a feather bed ...
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... manner . *. Strength of which we call velocity , as a diftinction of condition , the Material fame impoffibility of conception or the fame abfurdity oc . curs . Nor can it be avoided in any other way than by faying , that this change of ...
... manner . *. Strength of which we call velocity , as a diftinction of condition , the Material fame impoffibility of conception or the fame abfurdity oc . curs . Nor can it be avoided in any other way than by faying , that this change of ...
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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