Lectures in Natural Philosophy: Designed to be a Foundation, for Reasoning Pertinently, Upon the Petrifications, Gems, Crystals, and Sanative Quality of Lough Neagh in Ireland, and Intended to be an Introduction, to the Natural History of Several Counties Contiguous to the Lake, Particularly the County of Ardmagh |
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alfo almoſt alſo anſwer appearance Ardmagh arife beautiful becauſe Befides body cafe caufe cauſe cloſe colour confequently confiderable County cryſtalline Cryſtals defcribed defign demonftrated diſcharge diſtance divifion Dublin eafily earth effluvia faid fame fand fection feem feen feven feveral fhall fhew fhore fhould fide fince fire firft firſt fluid fmall fmell folid fome fometimes fpecimen ftill ftone ftony ftrata ftratum fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe furface Gems Gentleman Gorgias Hiftory himſelf increaſe Inquirer intire Ireland itſelf kind Kingdom laft lake leaſt lecture lefs LOUGH LENE Lough Neagh maffes mafs maſs matter miles mixt moft moſt muſt nature neceffary Number obferved occafion Odontes pafs particles perfons perhaps petrefied petrifications phænomena philofopher pleaſure poliſhed prefent publiſhed purpoſe quæ quantity raiſed reafon refpect river ſhall ſmall ſpace ſtone thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand univerfal uſed vapour whofe wood
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