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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... prevent a body from falling , we in- fer a moving force inherent in the rope with as much confi . dence as when we observe it drag the body along the ground . The immediate action of this force is undoubtedly exerted between the ...
... prevent a body from falling , we in- fer a moving force inherent in the rope with as much confi . dence as when we observe it drag the body along the ground . The immediate action of this force is undoubtedly exerted between the ...
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... preventing all bendings , and point out wich accuracy where the tendencies to bend are greateft , and how this may ... prevent that bend- ing which puts the beam in imminent danger . A judicious . engineer will always employ tranfverfe ...
... preventing all bendings , and point out wich accuracy where the tendencies to bend are greateft , and how this may ... prevent that bend- ing which puts the beam in imminent danger . A judicious . engineer will always employ tranfverfe ...
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... prevented , by applying it to the lime heaped in a pit or in a veffel , which may reftrain the iffue of the vapour ... prevent a part of it from paffing freely thro❜ the fieve . The liquid is therefore to be used sparingly , and the ...
... prevented , by applying it to the lime heaped in a pit or in a veffel , which may reftrain the iffue of the vapour ... prevent a part of it from paffing freely thro❜ the fieve . The liquid is therefore to be used sparingly , and the ...
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... prevent the liquor from fermenting , as it would otherwise readily do , and become wine . See MUST . STUPIDITY .. The Greek word μaporns correfponds moft with our English word ftupidity or foolishness , when used to express that ftate ...
... prevent the liquor from fermenting , as it would otherwise readily do , and become wine . See MUST . STUPIDITY .. The Greek word μaporns correfponds moft with our English word ftupidity or foolishness , when used to express that ftate ...
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... prevent a junction , the great difficulty arifes from the nature of the correfponding coafts of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea , which are of a low and fandy foil , where the waters form lakes , fhoals , and moraffes , fo that ...
... prevent a junction , the great difficulty arifes from the nature of the correfponding coafts of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea , which are of a low and fandy foil , where the waters form lakes , fhoals , and moraffes , fo that ...
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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