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Page 124
... quantity , and , being saturated , refusing to take any more . To become sensible of this by an experiment , let a person keep his position in the bed , but throw off the bed - clothes , and suffer fresh air to approach the part ...
... quantity , and , being saturated , refusing to take any more . To become sensible of this by an experiment , let a person keep his position in the bed , but throw off the bed - clothes , and suffer fresh air to approach the part ...
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... quantity of this evaporation is greater or less , in pro- portion to the surface exposed by the same quantity of water to those causes of evaporation . While the river ruus in a narrow confined channel in the upper hilly country , only ...
... quantity of this evaporation is greater or less , in pro- portion to the surface exposed by the same quantity of water to those causes of evaporation . While the river ruus in a narrow confined channel in the upper hilly country , only ...
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... quantity of metal is found able to conduct a great quantity of this fluid . A wire no bigger than a goose - quill has been known to conduct ( with safety to the building as far as the wire was continu- ed ) a quantity of lightning that ...
... quantity of metal is found able to conduct a great quantity of this fluid . A wire no bigger than a goose - quill has been known to conduct ( with safety to the building as far as the wire was continu- ed ) a quantity of lightning that ...
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On the criminal laws and the practice of privateering | 51 |
A dialogue between Great Britain France Spain | 107 |
The internal state of America being a true descrip | 121 |
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