The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... effect this change , nearly three years are required . The soapy matter of latest for- mation is soft , very ductile , light , and spungy , and contains water ; in 30 or 40 years it becomes much dryer , more brittle , and assumes the ...
... effect this change , nearly three years are required . The soapy matter of latest for- mation is soft , very ductile , light , and spungy , and contains water ; in 30 or 40 years it becomes much dryer , more brittle , and assumes the ...
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... effects perfectly analogous to those of lime . To the fore- going experiments of Fourcroy , a few facts have since been ... effect ; a waxy smell was perceived , and by melting the matter it was obtained nearly pure ; the yellow colour ...
... effects perfectly analogous to those of lime . To the fore- going experiments of Fourcroy , a few facts have since been ... effect ; a waxy smell was perceived , and by melting the matter it was obtained nearly pure ; the yellow colour ...
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... effects , or estate of one who died intestate are entrusted ; for which he is to be accountable , when required . The bishop of the diocese where the party dies , is regularly to grant administration ; but if the intestate has goods in ...
... effects , or estate of one who died intestate are entrusted ; for which he is to be accountable , when required . The bishop of the diocese where the party dies , is regularly to grant administration ; but if the intestate has goods in ...
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... effect its progress in any direction at pleasure . This is one of the methods of artificial flying suggested by Bishop Wil- kins , in the seventh chapter of his " De- dalus , or Treatise on Mechanical Motions ; " but the success of it ...
... effect its progress in any direction at pleasure . This is one of the methods of artificial flying suggested by Bishop Wil- kins , in the seventh chapter of his " De- dalus , or Treatise on Mechanical Motions ; " but the success of it ...
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... effect of the rarefaction of the inflammable air , when the balloon ascended to the lighter parts of the atmosphere . Aerostatic experiments and aerial voyages became so frequent in the course of the year 1784 , that the limits of this ...
... effect of the rarefaction of the inflammable air , when the balloon ascended to the lighter parts of the atmosphere . Aerostatic experiments and aerial voyages became so frequent in the course of the year 1784 , that the limits of this ...
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