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Page 90
... discovered this principle , and obtained the fame refult . " If you join , " fays he , " two pieces of metal , one of lead and the other of filver , in fuch a manner that their edges form one plane , and if they be placed upon the ...
... discovered this principle , and obtained the fame refult . " If you join , " fays he , " two pieces of metal , one of lead and the other of filver , in fuch a manner that their edges form one plane , and if they be placed upon the ...
Page 265
... discovered by European travellers , opinions have been much divided refpecting these characters . Some have believed them to be talifmans , and others the characters of the Guebres , or an- tient inhabitants of Perfia ; others held them ...
... discovered by European travellers , opinions have been much divided refpecting these characters . Some have believed them to be talifmans , and others the characters of the Guebres , or an- tient inhabitants of Perfia ; others held them ...
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... discovered by Herschel , though it would have been more agreeable to analogy to have called it Cælus . All the old planets , the difcovery of which is loft in the obfcurity of time , may retain their Latin names ; but the new planets ...
... discovered by Herschel , though it would have been more agreeable to analogy to have called it Cælus . All the old planets , the difcovery of which is loft in the obfcurity of time , may retain their Latin names ; but the new planets ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 3 |
Defcription of a Devarf of a very remarkable Conforma | 17 |
On the attractive Power of Bodies floating on Water | 27 |
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