Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland [ed. by W. Smellie]. Suppl. to the 3rd. ed., by G. Gleig, Том 5 |
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... fame year to fupply her lofs by a marriage with Mrs Berke- ly , eldest daughter of Sir Richard Blake , knight . In ... fame overflowing benignity of difpofition , the fame unim- peachable integrity as a judge , the fame partial fond ...
... fame year to fupply her lofs by a marriage with Mrs Berke- ly , eldest daughter of Sir Richard Blake , knight . In ... fame overflowing benignity of difpofition , the fame unim- peachable integrity as a judge , the fame partial fond ...
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... fame with metallic bodies ; which melted fo much the more difficultly as they were more white and polished ; and this difference was fo remarkable , that in the focus of this mirror , fo fufible a metal as filver , when its furface was ...
... fame with metallic bodies ; which melted fo much the more difficultly as they were more white and polished ; and this difference was fo remarkable , that in the focus of this mirror , fo fufible a metal as filver , when its furface was ...
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... fame plate , and have an equal number of polishers as that already defcribed . The fame crank alfo gives motion to a contrivance represented at e for polishing fpectacle - glaffes . It con- fifts of two fegments of the fame fphere ; one ...
... fame plate , and have an equal number of polishers as that already defcribed . The fame crank alfo gives motion to a contrivance represented at e for polishing fpectacle - glaffes . It con- fifts of two fegments of the fame fphere ; one ...
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... fame with what we otherwife call an exchange . The first place of this kind to which the name Burfe was given , Guiechardin affures us was at Bruges ; and it took its denomination from a hotel adjoining to it , built by a lord of the ...
... fame with what we otherwife call an exchange . The first place of this kind to which the name Burfe was given , Guiechardin affures us was at Bruges ; and it took its denomination from a hotel adjoining to it , built by a lord of the ...
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... fame manner that the kings themselves were formerly wont to do . BUTMENT . Butments of arches are the same with ... fame state Butter . in which oil is in emulfions : hence the fame white- nefs of milk and emulfions ; and hence , by rest ...
... fame manner that the kings themselves were formerly wont to do . BUTMENT . Butments of arches are the same with ... fame state Butter . in which oil is in emulfions : hence the fame white- nefs of milk and emulfions ; and hence , by rest ...
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