Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Tom 4John Brown, 1816 |
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... fays Dr Home , fhows the de- gree of heat which attends it . May 25 , I put a thermometer of Fahrenheit's into fome butter milk , of which the bleachers were compofing their fours , and which stood at a vat adjoining to another , where ...
... fays Dr Home , fhows the de- gree of heat which attends it . May 25 , I put a thermometer of Fahrenheit's into fome butter milk , of which the bleachers were compofing their fours , and which stood at a vat adjoining to another , where ...
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... fays he has recei- ved fome inftructions on this head from M. Mor- veau and others , but conceals them on account of their being communicated as fecrets . ( 115. ) To enable the reader to judge for himself of the expence of M ...
... fays he has recei- ved fome inftructions on this head from M. Mor- veau and others , but conceals them on account of their being communicated as fecrets . ( 115. ) To enable the reader to judge for himself of the expence of M ...
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... fays , one of Macbeth's fons lies interred . At fome diftance there are veftiges of a camp of Macbeth's , and near it a cairn , under which he is buried . BLEGON , a village in Somerfetthire , 7 miles from Huntfpill . It has a fair laft ...
... fays , one of Macbeth's fons lies interred . At fome diftance there are veftiges of a camp of Macbeth's , and near it a cairn , under which he is buried . BLEGON , a village in Somerfetthire , 7 miles from Huntfpill . It has a fair laft ...
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... fays , " Blacklock will appear to posterity a fabu- lous character ; even now he is a prodigy . " See BLACKLOCK . ( 7. ) BLIND , ASTONISHING ACQUISITIONS MADE BY SOME OF THE . Dr Nicholas Bacon , a blind gentleman , defcended from the ...
... fays , " Blacklock will appear to posterity a fabu- lous character ; even now he is a prodigy . " See BLACKLOCK . ( 7. ) BLIND , ASTONISHING ACQUISITIONS MADE BY SOME OF THE . Dr Nicholas Bacon , a blind gentleman , defcended from the ...
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... fays , his book is equal in value to any now extant in any language . Though he was de- prived of fight in his earlieft infancy , he did not content himself to delineate the various pheno- mena in mufic , but the principles from whence ...
... fays , his book is equal in value to any now extant in any language . Though he was de- prived of fight in his earlieft infancy , he did not content himself to delineate the various pheno- mena in mufic , but the principles from whence ...
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