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... prefent , it is always mentioned whether a fufficient number of engines were prefent , and what effect they produced ; and Pliny , indeed , does not omit them in the fhort account he gives of the fire at Nicomedia . One paffage only in ...
... prefent , it is always mentioned whether a fufficient number of engines were prefent , and what effect they produced ; and Pliny , indeed , does not omit them in the fhort account he gives of the fire at Nicomedia . One paffage only in ...
Page 316
... prefent , feem to occupy the most commodious pofitions ; for as , on account of the cold , they are uninhabitable to ... prefent poles , fince the forma- tion of the earth , as we are at prefent acquainted with its furface , confifting ...
... prefent , feem to occupy the most commodious pofitions ; for as , on account of the cold , they are uninhabitable to ... prefent poles , fince the forma- tion of the earth , as we are at prefent acquainted with its furface , confifting ...
Page 317
... prefent inclination of the earth's axis , which is 66 ° , Germany , for example , could never be transferred into what is called the torrid zone . In the first cafe , if the inclination fhould be changed to go ° , the fun in fummer ...
... prefent inclination of the earth's axis , which is 66 ° , Germany , for example , could never be transferred into what is called the torrid zone . In the first cafe , if the inclination fhould be changed to go ° , the fun in fummer ...
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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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