Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 12, Part 2Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 475
... fuch as the tendo Achillis , and even bones , fuch as the knee - pan , are broke by their living force , which in fuch inftances must be many times greater than the ftrength of the dead fibres . There is a cafe related in the ...
... fuch as the tendo Achillis , and even bones , fuch as the knee - pan , are broke by their living force , which in fuch inftances must be many times greater than the ftrength of the dead fibres . There is a cafe related in the ...
Page 666
... fuch as lilium lapideum , Kingdom madrepores , tranfparent belemnites , foffil urchins , the articulated nautilus ... fuch as regulus , drofs , & c . Some parts of the mineral kingdom , fuch as the earths and certain ftones , make not a ...
... fuch as lilium lapideum , Kingdom madrepores , tranfparent belemnites , foffil urchins , the articulated nautilus ... fuch as regulus , drofs , & c . Some parts of the mineral kingdom , fuch as the earths and certain ftones , make not a ...
Page 668
... fuch , that those who examine the particulars of the collection may apply to each what was faid on another occafion Nature is dead , but Art is alive . These observations on birds are equally applicable to the other animals ; but all of ...
... fuch , that those who examine the particulars of the collection may apply to each what was faid on another occafion Nature is dead , but Art is alive . These observations on birds are equally applicable to the other animals ; but all of ...
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