A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprehending All the Branches of Useful Knowledge, with Accurate Descriptions as Well of the Various Machines, Instruments, Tools, Figures, and Schemes Necessary for Illustrating Them, as of the Classes, Kinds, Preparations, and Uses of Natural Productions, Whether Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Fossils, Or Fluids; Together with the Kingdoms, Provinces, Cities, Towns, and Other Remarkable Places Throughout the World, Band 4W. Owen, 1764 - 3506 Seiten |
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... earth , is at length carried up on high by a wind , and there thawing the fnowy villi , or flocks of the half frozen vesiculæ , re- duces them into drops ; which , coalefc- ing , defcend . Others , as Dr. Clarke , & c . afcribe this ...
... earth , is at length carried up on high by a wind , and there thawing the fnowy villi , or flocks of the half frozen vesiculæ , re- duces them into drops ; which , coalefc- ing , defcend . Others , as Dr. Clarke , & c . afcribe this ...
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... earth , in order to ren- der it more folid for a foundation . RAMMER of a gun , the gun - stick , a rod ufed in charging of a gun , to drive home the powder , as alfo the fhot and the wad , which keeps the fhot from rolling out , The ...
... earth , in order to ren- der it more folid for a foundation . RAMMER of a gun , the gun - stick , a rod ufed in charging of a gun , to drive home the powder , as alfo the fhot and the wad , which keeps the fhot from rolling out , The ...
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... earth , the air is four times rarer than at the furface of the earth ; and at the height of 14 miles , it is 16 times rarer than at the surface of the earth ; and at the height of 21 , 28 , or 35 miles , it is refpectively 64 , 256 , or ...
... earth , the air is four times rarer than at the furface of the earth ; and at the height of 14 miles , it is 16 times rarer than at the surface of the earth ; and at the height of 21 , 28 , or 35 miles , it is refpectively 64 , 256 , or ...
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... earth , after it is fo far turned out of its courfe by the at- traction of the earth , as to begin to move horizontally , or parallel to the furface of the earth , is then , by the fame power , made to return in a curve fimilar to that ...
... earth , after it is fo far turned out of its courfe by the at- traction of the earth , as to begin to move horizontally , or parallel to the furface of the earth , is then , by the fame power , made to return in a curve fimilar to that ...
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... earth , will be easily understood . Thus , the ray A B ( ibid . n ° 6. ) proceeds from the ftar A in a right line , till it reach the atmosphere of the earth at B ; upon entering which , it it will be refracted towards the perpendicular ...
... earth , will be easily understood . Thus , the ray A B ( ibid . n ° 6. ) proceeds from the ftar A in a right line , till it reach the atmosphere of the earth at B ; upon entering which , it it will be refracted towards the perpendicular ...
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