Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, Volume 21813 |
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... tion would presently show that those varia- tions in the mercurial column were always succeeded by certain changes in the weather , as to rain , wind , frosts , & c . Hence this in- strument soon came into use as the means of ...
... tion would presently show that those varia- tions in the mercurial column were always succeeded by certain changes in the weather , as to rain , wind , frosts , & c . Hence this in- strument soon came into use as the means of ...
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... tion of an inch in the cylinder AB , there will be a variation in the tube CD . - But on ac- count of the attrition of the mercury against the sides of the glass , and the great momentum from the quick motion in CD , the quicksilver is ...
... tion of an inch in the cylinder AB , there will be a variation in the tube CD . - But on ac- count of the attrition of the mercury against the sides of the glass , and the great momentum from the quick motion in CD , the quicksilver is ...
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... tion is founded . It is deduced from nine years observations with the barometer at Astracan by Mr. Lecre , compared with a series of obser- vations made with the same barometer at Petersburgh . For more extensive tables of the heights ...
... tion is founded . It is deduced from nine years observations with the barometer at Astracan by Mr. Lecre , compared with a series of obser- vations made with the same barometer at Petersburgh . For more extensive tables of the heights ...
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... tion , and the jealousy of that tyrant , which pursued , with relentless cruelty , every man sus- pected of being a friend to peace . Of the per- secution of Barthelemi , in the extremity of old age , the convention itself seemed to be ...
... tion , and the jealousy of that tyrant , which pursued , with relentless cruelty , every man sus- pected of being a friend to peace . Of the per- secution of Barthelemi , in the extremity of old age , the convention itself seemed to be ...
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... tion of any thing ( Dryden ) . 2. The lowest of the three principal parts of a column ( Addi- son ) . 3. That on which any thing is raised ( Denham ) , 4. The pedestal ( Shak . ) . 5. The groundwork of any thing ( Shaks . ) . BASIS ...
... tion of any thing ( Dryden ) . 2. The lowest of the three principal parts of a column ( Addi- son ) . 3. That on which any thing is raised ( Denham ) , 4. The pedestal ( Shak . ) . 5. The groundwork of any thing ( Shaks . ) . BASIS ...
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