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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... quantity of original and excellent matter con- tained in the articles here pointed out , besides others more concise , and interspersed through the work , he will be enabled to form some judgment of its utility and com- parative ...
... quantity of original and excellent matter con- tained in the articles here pointed out , besides others more concise , and interspersed through the work , he will be enabled to form some judgment of its utility and com- parative ...
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... quantity , of several ingredients . AAM , or HAAM , a liquid measure used by the Dutch , equal to 288 pints English iheasure . ABACK , in sea language , signifies the situation of the sails when their surfaces are flatted against the ...
... quantity , of several ingredients . AAM , or HAAM , a liquid measure used by the Dutch , equal to 288 pints English iheasure . ABACK , in sea language , signifies the situation of the sails when their surfaces are flatted against the ...
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... quantity and in direction ; it never exceeds 20 ′′ each way , and therefore in- sensible in common observations . If A B and AC ( Plate Acoustics , & c . fig . 1 ) re- present the comparative velocity of light and of the earth , in ...
... quantity and in direction ; it never exceeds 20 ′′ each way , and therefore in- sensible in common observations . If A B and AC ( Plate Acoustics , & c . fig . 1 ) re- present the comparative velocity of light and of the earth , in ...
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... quantity of oxy- gen as to become possessed of acid pro- perties . Almost all the acids agree with each other in containing oxygen , but they differ in their bases , which determine the species of the acid . Sulphur combined with ...
... quantity of oxy- gen as to become possessed of acid pro- perties . Almost all the acids agree with each other in containing oxygen , but they differ in their bases , which determine the species of the acid . Sulphur combined with ...
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... quantity . Instead of the extract , a tinc- ture has been made of the dried leaves , macerated in six times their weight of spirits of wine , and forty drops given for a dose . ACORN , an ornamental piece of wood , in the shape of a ...
... quantity . Instead of the extract , a tinc- ture has been made of the dried leaves , macerated in six times their weight of spirits of wine , and forty drops given for a dose . ACORN , an ornamental piece of wood , in the shape of a ...
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