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Page 173
... cause of the act of Edward III . was that plague which wasted Europe from 1347 to 1349 , and destroyed a great proportion of its inhabitants . The consequent scarcity of labourers , and the high price demanded for labour , caused those ...
... cause of the act of Edward III . was that plague which wasted Europe from 1347 to 1349 , and destroyed a great proportion of its inhabitants . The consequent scarcity of labourers , and the high price demanded for labour , caused those ...
Page 633
... cause of thunder , makes him assign it to the action of the com- pressed air in a cloud , which dilating itself bursts it , and , violently agitating the exterior air , sets itself on fire , and by the rapidity of its progress occasions ...
... cause of thunder , makes him assign it to the action of the com- pressed air in a cloud , which dilating itself bursts it , and , violently agitating the exterior air , sets itself on fire , and by the rapidity of its progress occasions ...
Page 795
... cause of the extraordinary size of planets when they appear on the hori- zon . Ptolemy , and after him Alhazen , said , that " when a ray of light passes from a more rare into a more dense medium , it changes its direction when it ...
... cause of the extraordinary size of planets when they appear on the hori- zon . Ptolemy , and after him Alhazen , said , that " when a ray of light passes from a more rare into a more dense medium , it changes its direction when it ...
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