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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... common , and glassy . The asbestos colours greenish grey , mountain green , smelt blue , olive green , yellowish , and liver- brown , Massive , and in capillary crystals . Soft ; brittle ; specific gravity 2.5 to 2.9 . Melts before the ...
... common , and glassy . The asbestos colours greenish grey , mountain green , smelt blue , olive green , yellowish , and liver- brown , Massive , and in capillary crystals . Soft ; brittle ; specific gravity 2.5 to 2.9 . Melts before the ...
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... common law and the statute law differ ; the common law gives place to the statute , and an old statute gives place to a new one . Penal statutes must be construed strictly ; thus a statute of Edw . I , having enacted , that those con ...
... common law and the statute law differ ; the common law gives place to the statute , and an old statute gives place to a new one . Penal statutes must be construed strictly ; thus a statute of Edw . I , having enacted , that those con ...
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... common pasture puts more cattle to feed on it than he ought . ADMINISTRATOR , in law , the person to whom the goods , effects , or estate of one who died intestate are entrusted ; for which he is to be accountable , when required . The ...
... common pasture puts more cattle to feed on it than he ought . ADMINISTRATOR , in law , the person to whom the goods , effects , or estate of one who died intestate are entrusted ; for which he is to be accountable , when required . The ...
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... common air above the weight of the heated air , is greater than the weight of the covering and its appendages , this whole mass will ascend in the atmosphere , till , by the cooling and condensation of the included air , or the ...
... common air above the weight of the heated air , is greater than the weight of the covering and its appendages , this whole mass will ascend in the atmosphere , till , by the cooling and condensation of the included air , or the ...
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... common air , it was capable of lift- ing up about 490 pounds , besides its own weight , which , together with that of the wooden frame , was equal to 500 pounds . With this machine the next experiment was performed at Annonay , on the ...
... common air , it was capable of lift- ing up about 490 pounds , besides its own weight , which , together with that of the wooden frame , was equal to 500 pounds . With this machine the next experiment was performed at Annonay , on the ...
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