The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volum 6Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 666 sider |
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... effect probably owing to the com- bination of its alkali with the siliceous earth of the pottery . It is employed in the ma- nufacture of glass , which it is said to render whiter and clearer ; in that of soap , which it makes harder ...
... effect probably owing to the com- bination of its alkali with the siliceous earth of the pottery . It is employed in the ma- nufacture of glass , which it is said to render whiter and clearer ; in that of soap , which it makes harder ...
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... effect . SAUCISSON , in fortification , a mass of large branches of trees bound together ; and differing only from a fascine , as this is composed of small branches of twigs . Sau- cissons are employed to cover the men , and to make ...
... effect . SAUCISSON , in fortification , a mass of large branches of trees bound together ; and differing only from a fascine , as this is composed of small branches of twigs . Sau- cissons are employed to cover the men , and to make ...
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... effect of glasses , the phenomenon of the rainbow , and other objects of sight . As he instructed youth in the principles of the Newtonian philosophy , he soon be came acquainted with its incomparable au- thor , though he had several ...
... effect of glasses , the phenomenon of the rainbow , and other objects of sight . As he instructed youth in the principles of the Newtonian philosophy , he soon be came acquainted with its incomparable au- thor , though he had several ...
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... effect . The lat- ter presses down the former , and rubs it against the marble ; and the coarser the sand is , the longer will be the time required to polish the marble which has been cut by it . Stones of the soap - rock kind , which ...
... effect . The lat- ter presses down the former , and rubs it against the marble ; and the coarser the sand is , the longer will be the time required to polish the marble which has been cut by it . Stones of the soap - rock kind , which ...
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... effect this by night or in misty weather . When first seen they are extremely weak and exhausted , and have sometimes scarcely retained strength enough to fly to a very short distance , having been destroyed in numbers by a stick only ...
... effect this by night or in misty weather . When first seen they are extremely weak and exhausted , and have sometimes scarcely retained strength enough to fly to a very short distance , having been destroyed in numbers by a stick only ...
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