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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... purpose of improvement and re- finement which he fees in every workshop . Every cotton mill appears an academy of mechanical fcience ; and mecha- nical invention is spreading from these fountains over the whole kingdom : But the ...
... purpose of improvement and re- finement which he fees in every workshop . Every cotton mill appears an academy of mechanical fcience ; and mecha- nical invention is spreading from these fountains over the whole kingdom : But the ...
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... purpose that our imagination readily dif- covers that some springs are ftretched , others are compreffed , and that a preffure is excited on the middle point of fup- port , and the fupport exerts a reaction which precisely ba- lances it ...
... purpose that our imagination readily dif- covers that some springs are ftretched , others are compreffed , and that a preffure is excited on the middle point of fup- port , and the fupport exerts a reaction which precisely ba- lances it ...
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... purpose on the roof , before they attempt to enter their neft . This fpecies does not hoot ; but fnores and hisses in a violent manner ; and while it flies along will often scream moft tremendously . Its only food is mice . As the young ...
... purpose on the roof , before they attempt to enter their neft . This fpecies does not hoot ; but fnores and hisses in a violent manner ; and while it flies along will often scream moft tremendously . Its only food is mice . As the young ...
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... purpose , the Arabians train up their beft and fleeteft horfes , and hunt the oftrich still in view . Per- haps , of ... purposes of a cuirass and a buckler . There are others who , more compaffionate or more pro- vident , do not kill ...
... purpose , the Arabians train up their beft and fleeteft horfes , and hunt the oftrich still in view . Per- haps , of ... purposes of a cuirass and a buckler . There are others who , more compaffionate or more pro- vident , do not kill ...
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... purpose was to vindicate the character of the injured queen , and expofe the weaknefs of the arguments by which Dr Robertfon had en- deavoured to prove her guilty : but though the ftyle of this work is his own , it contains very little ...
... purpose was to vindicate the character of the injured queen , and expofe the weaknefs of the arguments by which Dr Robertfon had en- deavoured to prove her guilty : but though the ftyle of this work is his own , it contains very little ...
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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