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 10Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 |
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... metals . As the cessation of respiration is one of the most obvious and easily recognisable symptoms of death , the intimate connec- tion between it and life has been noticed even by the vulgar , and hence life itself , and even the ...
... metals . As the cessation of respiration is one of the most obvious and easily recognisable symptoms of death , the intimate connec- tion between it and life has been noticed even by the vulgar , and hence life itself , and even the ...
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... metals , suffer inevitable decompositions ; from which we may fairly conclude , that the powers of nature in the composition and decomposition of bodies far surpass the science of chemists . SENSATIONS . Vision . The mode in which the ...
... metals , suffer inevitable decompositions ; from which we may fairly conclude , that the powers of nature in the composition and decomposition of bodies far surpass the science of chemists . SENSATIONS . Vision . The mode in which the ...
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... metal , & c . which , being inflated at one end , produces a musical sound , acute or grave , soft or loud , ac- according to the material , its form , and di- mensions . The pipe , which was origi- nally no more than a simple oaten ...
... metal , & c . which , being inflated at one end , produces a musical sound , acute or grave , soft or loud , ac- according to the material , its form , and di- mensions . The pipe , which was origi- nally no more than a simple oaten ...
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... metal , or other solid substance , fitted exactly to the cavity of the barrel or body of the pump . There are two kinds of pistons used in pumps , the one with a valve , and the other without a valve , called a forcer . PISUM , in ...
... metal , or other solid substance , fitted exactly to the cavity of the barrel or body of the pump . There are two kinds of pistons used in pumps , the one with a valve , and the other without a valve , called a forcer . PISUM , in ...
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... metal , usually conical , or terminating in a point , whereby a body , intended to turn round , bears on another fixed at rest , and performs its circumvolutions . The pivot usually bears or turns round in a sole , or piece of iron or ...
... metal , usually conical , or terminating in a point , whereby a body , intended to turn round , bears on another fixed at rest , and performs its circumvolutions . The pivot usually bears or turns round in a sole , or piece of iron or ...
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