British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 12Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... body should be fixed , by placing a broad towel round the chest , and tying it to some immoveable point . The extension should be gradual , and kept up unremittingly , which can be best effected by means of pullies . The elbow should be ...
... body should be fixed , by placing a broad towel round the chest , and tying it to some immoveable point . The extension should be gradual , and kept up unremittingly , which can be best effected by means of pullies . The elbow should be ...
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... body , and operation ; and as the latter trinity constitutes one man , so the former constitutes one Jeho- vah God , who is at once the Creator , Re- deemer , and Regenerator . 2. That Jehovah God himself came down from heaven , and ...
... body , and operation ; and as the latter trinity constitutes one man , so the former constitutes one Jeho- vah God , who is at once the Creator , Re- deemer , and Regenerator . 2. That Jehovah God himself came down from heaven , and ...
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... body , ( which was inclosed in his material body , and formed for his predominant love , whether it be good or evil ) wherein he continues to live as a man in a perfect human form , in all respects as before , save only the gross ...
... body , ( which was inclosed in his material body , and formed for his predominant love , whether it be good or evil ) wherein he continues to live as a man in a perfect human form , in all respects as before , save only the gross ...
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... body in water , and of moving therein ; in which action the air - bladder and fins of fishes bear a considerable ... body , in the swimming of the fish , yet the tail , and those mus- cles which move the lower part of the VOL . XII ...
... body in water , and of moving therein ; in which action the air - bladder and fins of fishes bear a considerable ... body , in the swimming of the fish , yet the tail , and those mus- cles which move the lower part of the VOL . XII ...
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... body will gradually sink till he comes into an upright position , in which he will continue suspended , the hollow of the breast keeping the head uppermost . 5 . But if , in this erect position , the head is kept upright above the ...
... body will gradually sink till he comes into an upright position , in which he will continue suspended , the hollow of the breast keeping the head uppermost . 5 . But if , in this erect position , the head is kept upright above the ...
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