A portable cyclopædia; or, Compendious dictionary of arts and sciences1810 |
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... supposed to have been invented by Kircher : but has since been greatly im proved . EON , the age or duration of a thing . The Platonis's applied the word to every virtue or attribute ; whence they denomi nated the Supreme Intelligence ...
... supposed to have been invented by Kircher : but has since been greatly im proved . EON , the age or duration of a thing . The Platonis's applied the word to every virtue or attribute ; whence they denomi nated the Supreme Intelligence ...
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... supposed caverns of air in the interior of the earth , to which is as- cribed the origin of springs . AFROSTATION . See Air Balloon . ERUGINOLS , a term applied to things which resemble the rust of copper . ERUGO Salis , a slumy matter ...
... supposed caverns of air in the interior of the earth , to which is as- cribed the origin of springs . AFROSTATION . See Air Balloon . ERUGINOLS , a term applied to things which resemble the rust of copper . ERUGO Salis , a slumy matter ...
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... supposed to have been wait ten by Thecla an Egyptian lady in the 4th century . Dr. Woide has published a fac- simile of it . ALEXANDRINE , a kind of verse first used in a French poem entitled Alexander . It consists of twelve syllables ...
... supposed to have been wait ten by Thecla an Egyptian lady in the 4th century . Dr. Woide has published a fac- simile of it . ALEXANDRINE , a kind of verse first used in a French poem entitled Alexander . It consists of twelve syllables ...
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... supposed to take place , there are no ne- stractedly , where a contrariety cannot be gative roots . Solution of Questions producing Quadratic Equations . The operation till we arrive at a quadra- tic equation , is the same as in the ...
... supposed to take place , there are no ne- stractedly , where a contrariety cannot be gative roots . Solution of Questions producing Quadratic Equations . The operation till we arrive at a quadra- tic equation , is the same as in the ...
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... supposed universal men truum capable of resolving all bodies into their first principles . The nution is now treated with just contempt . ALKALESCENT , a substance slightly alkaline , or in which alkali is begun to be formed . ALKALI ...
... supposed universal men truum capable of resolving all bodies into their first principles . The nution is now treated with just contempt . ALKALESCENT , a substance slightly alkaline , or in which alkali is begun to be formed . ALKALI ...
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