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... SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF THE ALCOHOL AND WATER SHOULD BE ASCERTAINED . ALC ] be owing to a disease which may attack men ... certain animals are subject . Their skin the iris of the eye is of a bright red , or of a blue colour ; and the ...
... SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF THE ALCOHOL AND WATER SHOULD BE ASCERTAINED . ALC ] be owing to a disease which may attack men ... certain animals are subject . Their skin the iris of the eye is of a bright red , or of a blue colour ; and the ...
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... particular pro- vince or district , as bailiffs of hundreds , li- berties , courts , barons , & c . Sheriffs ... specific gravity of fluid and solid bodies . The. [. BAL. assay balance is used to ascertain the exact weight of the ...
... particular pro- vince or district , as bailiffs of hundreds , li- berties , courts , barons , & c . Sheriffs ... specific gravity of fluid and solid bodies . The. [. BAL. assay balance is used to ascertain the exact weight of the ...
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... certain continuity which preserves them in the same form . A Avid body is that in which the particles are not ... specific gravity to the surrounding fluid , they ascend with great velocity , and , agitat- ing the body of water in ...
... certain continuity which preserves them in the same form . A Avid body is that in which the particles are not ... specific gravity to the surrounding fluid , they ascend with great velocity , and , agitat- ing the body of water in ...
Page 198
... specific gravity of 35 : and the hardest tools making no impression on them , they are cut and ground by the powder of their own substance . In the experiments of modern chemists , the dia- mond has been reduced to ashes by the power ...
... specific gravity of 35 : and the hardest tools making no impression on them , they are cut and ground by the powder of their own substance . In the experiments of modern chemists , the dia- mond has been reduced to ashes by the power ...
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... specific gravity is to water , as 632 to 1000 : it boils at 98 ° . The name of ether is also given to the sub- tile matter or gas which fills space , and is supposed to be much finer and rarer than atmospheric air . ETHEREAL ...
... specific gravity is to water , as 632 to 1000 : it boils at 98 ° . The name of ether is also given to the sub- tile matter or gas which fills space , and is supposed to be much finer and rarer than atmospheric air . ETHEREAL ...
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Page 333 - The vis inertiae is a passive Principle by which Bodies persist in their Motion or Rest, receive Motion in proportion to the Force impressing it, and resist as much as they are resisted. By this Principle alone there never could have been any Motion in the World.
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Page 414 - Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be a 'rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong.
Page 401 - As many as appear upon this panel are sworn upon the grand jury, to the amount of twelve at the least, and not more than twenty-three ; that twelve may be a majority.
Page 469 - MISUAH, the code or collection of the civil law of the Jews. The Jews pretend that when God gave the written law to Moses, he gave him also another not written, which was preserved by tradition among the doctors of the synagogue, till Rabbi...
Page 167 - Ireland, and to the churches there committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain to them or any of them?
Page 195 - Descent is lineal, when it proceeds directly from the grandfather to the father, from the father to the son, and...
Page 218 - Strip the body, and rub it dry ; then wrap it in hot blankets, and place it in a warm bed, in a warm chamber.
Page 167 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same?