Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 16,Deel 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1796 |
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... THEORY , and PRACTICE , of each , according to the Latest Discoveries and Improvements ; AND FULL EXPLANATIONS GIVEN OF THE VARIOUS DETACHED PARTS OF KNOWLEDGE , WHETHER RELATING TO NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL Objects , or to Matters ...
... THEORY , and PRACTICE , of each , according to the Latest Discoveries and Improvements ; AND FULL EXPLANATIONS GIVEN OF THE VARIOUS DETACHED PARTS OF KNOWLEDGE , WHETHER RELATING TO NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL Objects , or to Matters ...
Pagina 38
... theory which cannot poffibly be redu ced to practice . They will not take the world as it is , and allow it to ... theories ; feldom confidering what may be done , they are determined to do what they think ought to be done . Liberty of ...
... theory which cannot poffibly be redu ced to practice . They will not take the world as it is , and allow it to ... theories ; feldom confidering what may be done , they are determined to do what they think ought to be done . Liberty of ...
Pagina 39
... theory appeared to be perfect , will in practice , when combined with the ma- lignant and ambitious paffions of men , lead to ruin and diforder . The first inftitution of government , except among the Jews , was unquestionably the ...
... theory appeared to be perfect , will in practice , when combined with the ma- lignant and ambitious paffions of men , lead to ruin and diforder . The first inftitution of government , except among the Jews , was unquestionably the ...
Pagina 89
... theory , other circum- ftances must be taken in . And the next fuppofition we make , is where both animals , separately familiar to the spectator , are brought together for the first time . In that cafe , the effect of magnifying and ...
... theory , other circum- ftances must be taken in . And the next fuppofition we make , is where both animals , separately familiar to the spectator , are brought together for the first time . In that cafe , the effect of magnifying and ...
Pagina 92
... theory of naval architecture , for the impulfe of the air is our moving power , and this must be modified fo as to produce every motion we want by the form and difpofition of our fails ; and it is the refiftance of the water which must ...
... theory of naval architecture , for the impulfe of the air is our moving power , and this must be modified fo as to produce every motion we want by the form and difpofition of our fails ; and it is the refiftance of the water which must ...
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