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... matter , at least what appears fo to us on this fide the Tweed ; and our ears are not unfrequently offended by Sco ticisms , which , even on familiar fubjects , ought carefully to have been avoided . At the fame time we are fenfible ...
... matter , at least what appears fo to us on this fide the Tweed ; and our ears are not unfrequently offended by Sco ticisms , which , even on familiar fubjects , ought carefully to have been avoided . At the fame time we are fenfible ...
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... matter contained in thefe manures ; and that foffil feptics ' ( fuch as calcareous earths , mild or cauftic ) act by promoting the putrefaction of vegetable and animal bodies , which feparates the component parts , and by that means ...
... matter contained in thefe manures ; and that foffil feptics ' ( fuch as calcareous earths , mild or cauftic ) act by promoting the putrefaction of vegetable and animal bodies , which feparates the component parts , and by that means ...
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... matter accelerates putrefaction in animal bodies . In the middle of winter , a small fish was divided into two equal parts , one of which was kept in an electrified ftate for fome hours each day ; while the other lay expofed to the air ...
... matter accelerates putrefaction in animal bodies . In the middle of winter , a small fish was divided into two equal parts , one of which was kept in an electrified ftate for fome hours each day ; while the other lay expofed to the air ...
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... matter generated , and detained in the body . Dr. Lind , he obferves , has given many inftances , where a moist atmosphere , conjoined with a very mo- derate degree of cold , has been productive of the scurvy both at fea and land and ...
... matter generated , and detained in the body . Dr. Lind , he obferves , has given many inftances , where a moist atmosphere , conjoined with a very mo- derate degree of cold , has been productive of the scurvy both at fea and land and ...
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... matter in a different light , and to build our demonftrations on principles more natural and evident . Such , I prefume , fays Mr. L. are thofe upon which , without any regard to the doctrine of motion , I purpose to establish the funda ...
... matter in a different light , and to build our demonftrations on principles more natural and evident . Such , I prefume , fays Mr. L. are thofe upon which , without any regard to the doctrine of motion , I purpose to establish the funda ...
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