The British Encyclopedia, Or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge : Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Elegant Engravings. N - R. 5Longman, 1809 - 680 pages |
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... appears to be proved that it is possessed of magnetic power , and that therefore iron is not the only metal to which it belongs . The mag- netic properties of nickel had often been observed ; but as in the usual processes by which it is ...
... appears to be proved that it is possessed of magnetic power , and that therefore iron is not the only metal to which it belongs . The mag- netic properties of nickel had often been observed ; but as in the usual processes by which it is ...
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... appear- ance of a very red vapour . Hence it was formerly called fuming nitrous acid . It appears , however , to be capable of com- bining with some at least of the salifiable bases , so as to form a distinct genus of salts , that may ...
... appear- ance of a very red vapour . Hence it was formerly called fuming nitrous acid . It appears , however , to be capable of com- bining with some at least of the salifiable bases , so as to form a distinct genus of salts , that may ...
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... appear to be raised on a circle of altitude to the addi- tional height which the error of refraction will occasion at that altitude . This instru- ment stands on three feet , L , distant from each other 14.4 inches ; and , when all the ...
... appear to be raised on a circle of altitude to the addi- tional height which the error of refraction will occasion at that altitude . This instru- ment stands on three feet , L , distant from each other 14.4 inches ; and , when all the ...
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... appears to settle , but merely touches the hair with the egg held out on the projected point of the abdomen . The egg ... appear at all aware of its insidious object . The skin of the horse is always thrown into a tremulous motion on the ...
... appears to settle , but merely touches the hair with the egg held out on the projected point of the abdomen . The egg ... appear at all aware of its insidious object . The skin of the horse is always thrown into a tremulous motion on the ...
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... appear , though held in the hand under the same circumstances for several hours ; a sufficient proof that the eggs ... appears . This " The perfect fly but ill sustains the changes of weather ; and cold and mois ture , in any ...
... appear , though held in the hand under the same circumstances for several hours ; a sufficient proof that the eggs ... appears . This " The perfect fly but ill sustains the changes of weather ; and cold and mois ture , in any ...
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