A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 15Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... quantity or quality , thrust forth by the part mittent upon the inferior weak parts . Wiseman's Surgery . MITTENWALD , the capital of the county of Wenderfels , Bavaria , is situated on the Iser , and has 1800 inhabitants . Thirteen ...
... quantity or quality , thrust forth by the part mittent upon the inferior weak parts . Wiseman's Surgery . MITTENWALD , the capital of the county of Wenderfels , Bavaria , is situated on the Iser , and has 1800 inhabitants . Thirteen ...
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... quantity . We believe this was the case down to the late period of the opening of the East India trade . The country around Mocha is a dreary plain bounded by mountains , and consisting entirely of arid sand . Around the town , indeed ...
... quantity . We believe this was the case down to the late period of the opening of the East India trade . The country around Mocha is a dreary plain bounded by mountains , and consisting entirely of arid sand . Around the town , indeed ...
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... wet in a small degree : moistener , the person or thing that moistens : moistness and moisture , state of being damp or moderately wet : hence a small quantity of liquid . His breasts are full of milk , and his bones ΜΟΙ ΜΟΙ 24.
... wet in a small degree : moistener , the person or thing that moistens : moistness and moisture , state of being damp or moderately wet : hence a small quantity of liquid . His breasts are full of milk , and his bones ΜΟΙ ΜΟΙ 24.
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... quantity of it added to new treacle for fermentation is of great use in the process , and increases very considerably the quantity of spirit ; but the proportion , in regard to the new matter , must not be too great . MOLOSSIA , or ...
... quantity of it added to new treacle for fermentation is of great use in the process , and increases very considerably the quantity of spirit ; but the proportion , in regard to the new matter , must not be too great . MOLOSSIA , or ...
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... quantity of the molybdic acid , the solution becoming of a fine blue color as it cools , at the same time that it thickens ; the color dis- appears again on the application of heat , but re- turns by cooling . A strong heat expels the ...
... quantity of the molybdic acid , the solution becoming of a fine blue color as it cools , at the same time that it thickens ; the color dis- appears again on the application of heat , but re- turns by cooling . A strong heat expels the ...
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Page 110 - Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.
Page 170 - AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
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Page 127 - I find his Grace my very good Lord indeed, and I believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within this realm ; howbeit, son Roper, I may tell thee, I have no cause to be proud thereof ; for if my head would win him a castle in France (for then there was war between us) it should not fail to go.
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