American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Arts |
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... composed expressly for the pur- pose , the whole composition of a Dictionary of Science shall bear the marks of originality , it becomes a duty in the Editor , with regard to himself and the other writers , that he should , to a certain ...
... composed expressly for the pur- pose , the whole composition of a Dictionary of Science shall bear the marks of originality , it becomes a duty in the Editor , with regard to himself and the other writers , that he should , to a certain ...
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... composed upwards of two hundred articles on Chemistry , Natural Philosophy , and Mecha- nics , and practical subjects relating to them , besides sevc- ral of the lives of great men . The Mathematical Arti- cles , including the mixed ...
... composed upwards of two hundred articles on Chemistry , Natural Philosophy , and Mecha- nics , and practical subjects relating to them , besides sevc- ral of the lives of great men . The Mathematical Arti- cles , including the mixed ...
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... composed by Capt . WILLIAMSON , a gentleman well known to the literary and philosophical world . The ar- ticles Distillery and Galvanism were written by Mr. SYL- VESTER of Derby , whose discoveries in the latter new and promising ...
... composed by Capt . WILLIAMSON , a gentleman well known to the literary and philosophical world . The ar- ticles Distillery and Galvanism were written by Mr. SYL- VESTER of Derby , whose discoveries in the latter new and promising ...
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... vinegar ; but by chemists it is deno- minated acetic acid . One hundred parts of acetic acid are composed of B 50.19 oxygen 13.94 hydrogen 35.87 carbon 100.00 but its effects on the negroes has been pernicious . ACC ACE.
... vinegar ; but by chemists it is deno- minated acetic acid . One hundred parts of acetic acid are composed of B 50.19 oxygen 13.94 hydrogen 35.87 carbon 100.00 but its effects on the negroes has been pernicious . ACC ACE.
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... composed . The first pit that was exam- ined had been filled and closed up fifteen years before ; on opening some of the coffins ( for the wood was still quite sound , only tinged of a yellow colour ) the bodies were found within shrunk ...
... composed . The first pit that was exam- ined had been filled and closed up fifteen years before ; on opening some of the coffins ( for the wood was still quite sound , only tinged of a yellow colour ) the bodies were found within shrunk ...
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