A portable cyclopædia; or, Compendious dictionary of arts and sciences1810 |
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... fire , the wolipile will ourst . EOLUSS HARP , a musical instru- ment so called from Eolus the god of winds . Its construction is simple , consist- ing of catgut strings extended in parallel lines over a wooden box . This instru- ment ...
... fire , the wolipile will ourst . EOLUSS HARP , a musical instru- ment so called from Eolus the god of winds . Its construction is simple , consist- ing of catgut strings extended in parallel lines over a wooden box . This instru- ment ...
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... fire , becomes thick enough to make pills . ALOFT , in sea - language , any thing above the tops . ALOGOTROPHIA , a medical term for an unequal nutrition or growth of some part of the body . ALONG , a ship is said to lie along when her ...
... fire , becomes thick enough to make pills . ALOFT , in sea - language , any thing above the tops . ALOGOTROPHIA , a medical term for an unequal nutrition or growth of some part of the body . ALONG , a ship is said to lie along when her ...
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... fire with steel , nor ferment with aquafortis , and on being thrown into the fire , will endure the greatest heat without being injured . The threads have been used as wicks for per- petual lamps . AMICABLE Benches , among the Remans ...
... fire with steel , nor ferment with aquafortis , and on being thrown into the fire , will endure the greatest heat without being injured . The threads have been used as wicks for per- petual lamps . AMICABLE Benches , among the Remans ...
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... FIRE , a term given to the erysipelas . ANTIOSPERMUM , the amber tree , genus of the dioecia order , and polygamma class of plants ; in the natural method ranking under the 17th order , stillaz . Calyx of the hermaphrodite flower is di ...
... FIRE , a term given to the erysipelas . ANTIOSPERMUM , the amber tree , genus of the dioecia order , and polygamma class of plants ; in the natural method ranking under the 17th order , stillaz . Calyx of the hermaphrodite flower is di ...
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... fire . The antients made linen cloth of it , which was of great value . A pattern of linen made of the asbestos , presented to the Royal Society , gave two proofs of its resisting fire , though in both experiments it lost above three ...
... fire . The antients made linen cloth of it , which was of great value . A pattern of linen made of the asbestos , presented to the Royal Society , gave two proofs of its resisting fire , though in both experiments it lost above three ...
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