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Page 136
It appears from a paffage in the Chronicle of Gervafe , that the Pit was ufed not only as a punishment , but alfo as an ordeal , for the purpofe of compurgation . The Pit and Gallows are faid to have exifted in the Highlands as late as ...
It appears from a paffage in the Chronicle of Gervafe , that the Pit was ufed not only as a punishment , but alfo as an ordeal , for the purpofe of compurgation . The Pit and Gallows are faid to have exifted in the Highlands as late as ...
Page 310
The computations are formed , he fays , upon accounts collected from various quarters , and , among others , from the Imperial registers ; and he appears to place much confidence in their accuracy . We are afraid , however , that he is ...
The computations are formed , he fays , upon accounts collected from various quarters , and , among others , from the Imperial registers ; and he appears to place much confidence in their accuracy . We are afraid , however , that he is ...
Page 484
the author appears rather to generalize too quickly and too confi- . dently , when he lays down from his experiments the following propofition . The abfolute effect , ' fays he , of a voltaic apparatus , feems to be in the compound ...
the author appears rather to generalize too quickly and too confi- . dently , when he lays down from his experiments the following propofition . The abfolute effect , ' fays he , of a voltaic apparatus , feems to be in the compound ...
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