The Present State of the Republick of Letters. ...William and John Innys, at the West End of St. Paul's., 1732 |
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... these Va- pours , being carried every way by the Wind , neceffarily meet with the high Ridges of Mountains , that are difperfed over various Tracts of the Earth ; each of which far fur- paffes the ufual Height to which the aqueous ...
... these Va- pours , being carried every way by the Wind , neceffarily meet with the high Ridges of Mountains , that are difperfed over various Tracts of the Earth ; each of which far fur- paffes the ufual Height to which the aqueous ...
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... these again being united into one common Chanel , form vaft large Rivers , as the Danube or the Rhine . Varenius , in the fame Chapter , Prop . VI . fpeaking of the River Niger in Africa , tells us , it hides itself under the Mountains ...
... these again being united into one common Chanel , form vaft large Rivers , as the Danube or the Rhine . Varenius , in the fame Chapter , Prop . VI . fpeaking of the River Niger in Africa , tells us , it hides itself under the Mountains ...
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... these acid Waters , but only Spirits ,. which are very like the Spirits of Vitriol , Salt , & c . HERE Mr. Dugdale's Remark is , that fuch . like Chalybiates are not fo properly called Acidula , or Sour - waters ; for they do not ...
... these acid Waters , but only Spirits ,. which are very like the Spirits of Vitriol , Salt , & c . HERE Mr. Dugdale's Remark is , that fuch . like Chalybiates are not fo properly called Acidula , or Sour - waters ; for they do not ...
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... these mineral Waters communicate fome Substance to the Wood itself . MR . Dugdale is of Opinion , that the mat- ter may be explain'd , thus . That Water , gliding down the Sides of foft Stone , corrodes its minutest Particles , and is ...
... these mineral Waters communicate fome Substance to the Wood itself . MR . Dugdale is of Opinion , that the mat- ter may be explain'd , thus . That Water , gliding down the Sides of foft Stone , corrodes its minutest Particles , and is ...
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... these , and are of Opinion that Re- course must be had to a Piece of Clock - work , which shall go exactly with the Sun , and divide the Day into no less nor no more than 24 Hours . If fuch a Clock could be made , fays our Author , the ...
... these , and are of Opinion that Re- course must be had to a Piece of Clock - work , which shall go exactly with the Sun , and divide the Day into no less nor no more than 24 Hours . If fuch a Clock could be made , fays our Author , the ...
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Page 166 - And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Page 165 - And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament : and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Page 308 - Haemastatics, or an account of some hydraulic and hydrostatical experiments made on the blood and blood vessels of animals. Also an account of some experiments on stones in the kidneys and bladder, with an enquiry into the nature of those anomalous concretions. To which is added an appendix containing observations and experiments relating to several subjects in the first volume. The greatest part of which were read at several meetings of the Royal Society.
Page 343 - Organum," the design of which was, to execute the second part of the " Instauration," by advancing a more perfect method of using the rational faculty than men were before acquainted with, in order to raise and improve the understanding, as far as its present imperfect state admits, and enable it to conquer and interpret the difficulties and obscurities of nature. This work his majesty received as graciously as he could wish, and wrote, him a letter upon it, which certainly does honour to both their...
Page 64 - Most of the letters have four forms in writing, depending on whether they occur at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a word or whether they stand separately.
Page 17 - Mountains j each of which far furpafi the ufual height to which the Aqueous Vapours of themfelves afcend, and on the tops of which the Air is fo cold and rarificd, as to retain but a fmall part of thofe Vapours, that fhall be brought thither by Winds.
Page 168 - A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
Page 124 - In the eighth century, by rooting up and subduing the Exarchate of Ravenna, the kingdom of the Lombards, and the Senate and Dukedom of Rome, he acquired Peter's Patrimony out of their dominions; and thereby rose up as a temporal Prince or King, or horn of the fourth Beast.
Page 297 - Praife both when the firft Evening was and the firft Morning. AND GOD faid, let there be a Firmament in the Midft of the Waters, and let it divide the Waters from the Waters.
Page 2 - Paganifm , or the Religion of the prefent Romans, derived from that of their HeathenAnceftors.