The Complete Works, in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Now First Collected and Arranged: with Memoirs of His Early Life, Written by Himself ; in Three Volumes, Volume 2J. Johnson, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806 - 468 pages |
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... reason , can take no more , so will not answer the end . Greasy air refuses to touch it . In both cases suffocation for want of the discharge . Air will attract and support many other substances . A particle of air loaded with adhering ...
... reason , can take no more , so will not answer the end . Greasy air refuses to touch it . In both cases suffocation for want of the discharge . Air will attract and support many other substances . A particle of air loaded with adhering ...
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... reason of the thing , are sufficient . I am sensi- ble too , that they are very strong , and often move con- siderable weights . But I have not met with any histo- rical accounts that seem exact enough to remove my scruples concerning ...
... reason of the thing , are sufficient . I am sensi- ble too , that they are very strong , and often move con- siderable weights . But I have not met with any histo- rical accounts that seem exact enough to remove my scruples concerning ...
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... reasons . I have not been able to differ from you in sentiment concern- ing any thing else in your Suppositions . In the present case I lie open to conviction , and shall be the gainer when informed . If I am right , you will know that ...
... reasons . I have not been able to differ from you in sentiment concern- ing any thing else in your Suppositions . In the present case I lie open to conviction , and shall be the gainer when informed . If I am right , you will know that ...
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... reason men- tioned , but want of room besides ... As to Mr. Stuart's ocular demonstration of the ascent in his great perpendicular spout , the only one it appears in , I say , as to this , what I have written supposes him mistaken ...
... reason men- tioned , but want of room besides ... As to Mr. Stuart's ocular demonstration of the ascent in his great perpendicular spout , the only one it appears in , I say , as to this , what I have written supposes him mistaken ...
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... reasons on the accounts in the Transactions , and on other relations I have met with . Perhaps , while I am writing , some new light may strike me , for I shall now be obliged , to consider the subject with a little more attention . I ...
... reasons on the accounts in the Transactions , and on other relations I have met with . Perhaps , while I am writing , some new light may strike me , for I shall now be obliged , to consider the subject with a little more attention . I ...
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