Monthly Magazine; Or, British Register of Literature, Sciences and the Belles- Lettres, Volume 14Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1803 - Art |
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... ftate , that the above concludes the interefting experiments on the rain falling in different fituations , which my friend , Mr.Farey , was making ; and doubt not , that the scientific friends of that gentleman will hear with regret ...
... ftate , that the above concludes the interefting experiments on the rain falling in different fituations , which my friend , Mr.Farey , was making ; and doubt not , that the scientific friends of that gentleman will hear with regret ...
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... ftate , that almoft at the fame time , this process was likewife invented and employed with the greatest fuccefs , by Mr. I. R. Smith , engraver to the Prince of Wales . I For the improvements of modern experience , are not ...
... ftate , that almoft at the fame time , this process was likewife invented and employed with the greatest fuccefs , by Mr. I. R. Smith , engraver to the Prince of Wales . I For the improvements of modern experience , are not ...
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... ftate one thould naturally expect to find it from the fifth to the feventh day . He imagined that the inoculation of this child with the vaccine - matter might have fome effect in abating the violence of the natu- ral fmall - pox , the ...
... ftate one thould naturally expect to find it from the fifth to the feventh day . He imagined that the inoculation of this child with the vaccine - matter might have fome effect in abating the violence of the natu- ral fmall - pox , the ...
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... ftate precisely in what meafure Mr. Seguin has difcon- tinued it . Alterations and improvements in the form and dimenfions of his appa- ratus , may have been neceffary from local circumftances : he may , in fome cafes , make lefs ufe ...
... ftate precisely in what meafure Mr. Seguin has difcon- tinued it . Alterations and improvements in the form and dimenfions of his appa- ratus , may have been neceffary from local circumftances : he may , in fome cafes , make lefs ufe ...
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... ftate , until improved by the celebrated Dr. Halley . The princi- pal defect of the original diving - bell was , that it contained but four or five hogf- heads of air , which , before it could de- fcend to a great depth , would be com ...
... ftate , until improved by the celebrated Dr. Halley . The princi- pal defect of the original diving - bell was , that it contained but four or five hogf- heads of air , which , before it could de- fcend to a great depth , would be com ...
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Page 102 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 486 - And (to me) it seems no less evident that the various sensations or ideas imprinted on the sense, however blended or combined together (that is, whatever objects they compose), cannot exist otherwise than in a mind perceiving them. I think an intuitive knowledge may be obtained of this, by any one that shall attend to what is meant by the term exist, when applied to sensible things.
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