Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volume 1John Brown, 1816 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... several matters , not only in themselves , but re- latively , or as they respect each other ; both to treat them as so many wholes , and as so many parts of some greater whole , and to point out α their their connection with each other ...
... several matters , not only in themselves , but re- latively , or as they respect each other ; both to treat them as so many wholes , and as so many parts of some greater whole , and to point out α their their connection with each other ...
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... several parts of the work , and the detached articles be in some measure replaced in the natural order of science , out of which the alphabetical order had removed them . " To accomplish this important object , Mr Chambers prefixed to ...
... several parts of the work , and the detached articles be in some measure replaced in the natural order of science , out of which the alphabetical order had removed them . " To accomplish this important object , Mr Chambers prefixed to ...
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... several other rivers of less note in Germany , Switzerland , & c . AABAM , a term used by fome French Alche- mifts to fignify lead . AB , at the beginning of the names of places generally fhews , that they have fome relation to an Abbey ...
... several other rivers of less note in Germany , Switzerland , & c . AABAM , a term used by fome French Alche- mifts to fignify lead . AB , at the beginning of the names of places generally fhews , that they have fome relation to an Abbey ...
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... Several of them are included in a large fhell . In the middle of this fruit , there is a hard nut , about the fize of a peach stone , contain- ing a white kernel , very aftringent , and proper for checking a diarrhoea .. AB , in the ...
... Several of them are included in a large fhell . In the middle of this fruit , there is a hard nut , about the fize of a peach stone , contain- ing a white kernel , very aftringent , and proper for checking a diarrhoea .. AB , in the ...
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... several books ; viz . Apollo's arri- val in the country of the Hyperboreans ; the nup- tials of the river Hebrus ; the generation of the Gods ; a collection of Oracles , & c . ABÁRNAHAS , a term used by fome alche- mifts , particularly ...
... several books ; viz . Apollo's arri- val in the country of the Hyperboreans ; the nup- tials of the river Hebrus ; the generation of the Gods ; a collection of Oracles , & c . ABÁRNAHAS , a term used by fome alche- mifts , particularly ...
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