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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Page 27
... wind foon com- ced by their Profeffor fublimis geometria , to whom they had pletes the fracture . been indebted for their places and for all their knowledge , having been ( moft of them ) his amanuenfes , employed by this wonderful man ...
... wind foon com- ced by their Profeffor fublimis geometria , to whom they had pletes the fracture . been indebted for their places and for all their knowledge , having been ( moft of them ) his amanuenfes , employed by this wonderful man ...
Page 56
... wind- Hory of ward iflands ; but there is a fpecies of this mold in Jamaica the Wej Indies , that is but little , if any thing inferior to it , which abounds vol . ii . with limeftone and fint on a fubftratum of soapy marle . Black mold ...
... wind- Hory of ward iflands ; but there is a fpecies of this mold in Jamaica the Wej Indies , that is but little , if any thing inferior to it , which abounds vol . ii . with limeftone and fint on a fubftratum of soapy marle . Black mold ...
Page 57
... winds are expected , and are therefore frequently lodged before they are fit to be cut . 12 Method of vals . The fugar - cane is propagated by the top - fhoots , which planting are cut from the tops of the old canes . The ufual method ...
... winds are expected , and are therefore frequently lodged before they are fit to be cut . 12 Method of vals . The fugar - cane is propagated by the top - fhoots , which planting are cut from the tops of the old canes . The ufual method ...
Page 85
... wind in the places where they happen , is evident from this circumftance , that the furf is often highest and most violent . where there is leaft wind , and vice verfa . On the coaft of Sumatra the higheft are experienced during the ...
... wind in the places where they happen , is evident from this circumftance , that the furf is often highest and most violent . where there is leaft wind , and vice verfa . On the coaft of Sumatra the higheft are experienced during the ...
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... winds and the fwell occafioned by them are remarkably steady and uniform ; but the furfs are much the reverse . How then comes an uniform caufe to produce unfteady effects ? In the opinion of our author it produces no unfteady ef fects ...
... winds and the fwell occafioned by them are remarkably steady and uniform ; but the furfs are much the reverse . How then comes an uniform caufe to produce unfteady effects ? In the opinion of our author it produces no unfteady ef fects ...
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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