Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volumen1John Brown, 1816 |
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... ABSORB . v . a . ( absorbeo , Lat . preter . abforbed ; part pret . abforbed , or abforpt . ] 1. To fwallow up . - Mofes imputed the deluge to the difruption of the abyfs ; and St Peter to the par ticular conftitution of that earth ...
... ABSORB . v . a . ( absorbeo , Lat . preter . abforbed ; part pret . abforbed , or abforpt . ] 1. To fwallow up . - Mofes imputed the deluge to the difruption of the abyfs ; and St Peter to the par ticular conftitution of that earth ...
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... absorb a confiderable proportion of pure air ; as Mr Lavoifier has ob- ferved ; fo alfo does liver of fulphur exposed to the atmosphere , for after fome time it is convert- ed into tartar vitriolate . " ACIDS , VOLATILE , are thofe ...
... absorb a confiderable proportion of pure air ; as Mr Lavoifier has ob- ferved ; fo alfo does liver of fulphur exposed to the atmosphere , for after fome time it is convert- ed into tartar vitriolate . " ACIDS , VOLATILE , are thofe ...
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... absorbed by cloth or a fponge , is an adjunct , but no necellary part of either of these substançes , zy cured , the dead raised , the oracles put to fi lence , the dæmons and evil spirits forced to con- fefs themselves no gods , by ...
... absorbed by cloth or a fponge , is an adjunct , but no necellary part of either of these substançes , zy cured , the dead raised , the oracles put to fi lence , the dæmons and evil spirits forced to con- fefs themselves no gods , by ...
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... absorb great quantities of it . Its inflammability is not diminished by the putre- faction of animal fubftances , nor does their putre- faction feem to be retarded by it . Animals con- fined in it are killed almost as foon as in fixed ...
... absorb great quantities of it . Its inflammability is not diminished by the putre- faction of animal fubftances , nor does their putre- faction feem to be retarded by it . Animals con- fined in it are killed almost as foon as in fixed ...
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... absorbed by the calx . Some fixed air may be obtained from red lead , by no greater degree of heat than that of the flame of a candle applied to the vial that contains it . AIR for MEDICINE , EXPERIMENTS , & C . ( ( 126. ) SECT . XIII ...
... absorbed by the calx . Some fixed air may be obtained from red lead , by no greater degree of heat than that of the flame of a candle applied to the vial that contains it . AIR for MEDICINE , EXPERIMENTS , & C . ( ( 126. ) SECT . XIII ...
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