Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 15,Parte 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... four ounces ; the perfpiration of a dry warm night , without any fenfible dew , was about three ounces ; but when there was any fenfible though small dew , the perfpiration was nothing ; and when there was a large dew , or fome little ...
... four ounces ; the perfpiration of a dry warm night , without any fenfible dew , was about three ounces ; but when there was any fenfible though small dew , the perfpiration was nothing ; and when there was a large dew , or fome little ...
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... four in the after- noon , when the stalk becomes relaxed , and the flowers fink and clofe . The motions of the fenfitive plant have been long noticed with admiration , as exhibiting the moft obvious figns of perceptivity . And if we ...
... four in the after- noon , when the stalk becomes relaxed , and the flowers fink and clofe . The motions of the fenfitive plant have been long noticed with admiration , as exhibiting the moft obvious figns of perceptivity . And if we ...
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... four male and four female fcrews , fuch as are common- ly used for fecuring fafh - windows . Let the four female fcrews be let into the four corners of one of the planks , and correfponding holes made through the four corners of the ...
... four male and four female fcrews , fuch as are common- ly used for fecuring fafh - windows . Let the four female fcrews be let into the four corners of one of the planks , and correfponding holes made through the four corners of the ...
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... Four inch , and fix tenths . IV . Twp inches and three- tenths . V. Seven inches and eight tenths . VI . Two inches and two- teliths . VII . Two tenths of an inch . VIL One inch and four - tenths , TX . Two.tenth of an inch . X. Two ...
... Four inch , and fix tenths . IV . Twp inches and three- tenths . V. Seven inches and eight tenths . VI . Two inches and two- teliths . VII . Two tenths of an inch . VIL One inch and four - tenths , TX . Two.tenth of an inch . X. Two ...
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... four hot days as they lie fpread in the field ; and then , being tied into bundles or fheaves , muft lie in the hot fün for three or four days more , when they may be fit to be put up into ricks . The best method of making them is in an ...
... four hot days as they lie fpread in the field ; and then , being tied into bundles or fheaves , muft lie in the hot fün for three or four days more , when they may be fit to be put up into ricks . The best method of making them is in an ...
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