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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... tion hence , that the veficulæ being full of air , when they meet with a colder air than that they contain , their air is contracted into a lefs fpace ; and , con- fequently , the watery fhell rendered thicker , fo as to become heavier ...
... tion hence , that the veficulæ being full of air , when they meet with a colder air than that they contain , their air is contracted into a lefs fpace ; and , con- fequently , the watery fhell rendered thicker , fo as to become heavier ...
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... tion of earth round a place capable , of refifting the cannon of an enemy ; and formed into baftions , curtins , & c . See FORTIFICATION , BASTION , & c . A rampart ought to be floped on both fides , and to be broad enough to allow room ...
... tion of earth round a place capable , of refifting the cannon of an enemy ; and formed into baftions , curtins , & c . See FORTIFICATION , BASTION , & c . A rampart ought to be floped on both fides , and to be broad enough to allow room ...
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... tion , that at the height of about seven english miles from the 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 ...
... tion , that at the height of about seven english miles from the 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 ...
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... TION , KNOWLEDGE , & c . Senfe and intuition reach but a little way , the greateft part of our knowledge depends upon deductions and intermediate ideas . In those cases where we must take pro- pofitions for true , without being certain ...
... TION , KNOWLEDGE , & c . Senfe and intuition reach but a little way , the greateft part of our knowledge depends upon deductions and intermediate ideas . In those cases where we must take pro- pofitions for true , without being certain ...
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... tion . See COMPASS . In the center of the moveable compass is faftened a filk thread , long enough to reach the outside of the fixed com- pafs . But , if the inftrument be made of wood , there is an index inflead of the thread . Its ufe ...
... tion . See COMPASS . In the center of the moveable compass is faftened a filk thread , long enough to reach the outside of the fixed com- pafs . But , if the inftrument be made of wood , there is an index inflead of the thread . Its ufe ...
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