The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 4Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... Present Improved State of Human Knowledge William Nicholson. taceous bodies , ascertaining the first to consist only ... presents an insurmountable diffi- culty , or a field of critical inquiry so ex- tensive and complicated , that few ...
... Present Improved State of Human Knowledge William Nicholson. taceous bodies , ascertaining the first to consist only ... presents an insurmountable diffi- culty , or a field of critical inquiry so ex- tensive and complicated , that few ...
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... Present Improved State of Human Knowledge William Nicholson. weight is very great , D must be made to work upon the largest wheel c , which being four times its diameter , will cause D to turn four times while c turns but once . The ...
... Present Improved State of Human Knowledge William Nicholson. weight is very great , D must be made to work upon the largest wheel c , which being four times its diameter , will cause D to turn four times while c turns but once . The ...
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... Present Improved State of Human Knowledge William Nicholson. them as wrong , and will scarcely believe that much benefit is to be derived from a good light meal , or from taking at inter- vals any small quantity of exhilarating ...
... Present Improved State of Human Knowledge William Nicholson. them as wrong , and will scarcely believe that much benefit is to be derived from a good light meal , or from taking at inter- vals any small quantity of exhilarating ...
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