The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... supposed to depend on the absorption of oxygen ; and this oxygen combining with the hydrogen of the oil forms water . This opinion is supported by the practice which is followed to in- crease the drying property of linseed oil . It is ...
... supposed to depend on the absorption of oxygen ; and this oxygen combining with the hydrogen of the oil forms water . This opinion is supported by the practice which is followed to in- crease the drying property of linseed oil . It is ...
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... supposed in jury . Inveterate hatred is a most direful passion , distorting every word and every act of the individual the subject of it ; whose smiles are equally detested with their frowns , and whose motives in all cases are supposed ...
... supposed in jury . Inveterate hatred is a most direful passion , distorting every word and every act of the individual the subject of it ; whose smiles are equally detested with their frowns , and whose motives in all cases are supposed ...
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... supposed to be a transparent plane , through which we view the ob- jects represented thereon . Vanishing planes are those points which are marked upon the picture , by supposing lines to be drawn from the spectator's eye parallel to any ...
... supposed to be a transparent plane , through which we view the ob- jects represented thereon . Vanishing planes are those points which are marked upon the picture , by supposing lines to be drawn from the spectator's eye parallel to any ...
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