The Scots Magazine, Or, General Repository of Literature, History, and Politics, Volumen58Alex Chapman and, 1796 |
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... OBSERVATIONS . " NEW THEORY FOR. For $ 796 . Meteorological Obfervations A method to make Hens lay Eggs all the Winter Account of the Life of Adam Smith , LL . D. Characteristical Sketches of Eminent Britons - Queen Elizabeth Anecdote of ...
... OBSERVATIONS . " NEW THEORY FOR. For $ 796 . Meteorological Obfervations A method to make Hens lay Eggs all the Winter Account of the Life of Adam Smith , LL . D. Characteristical Sketches of Eminent Britons - Queen Elizabeth Anecdote of ...
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( 2 ) METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS . " NEW THEORY FOR THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BAROMETER . MR DALTON , Profeffor of Mathematics and Natural Philofophy Man- chefter , in an Effay on the Variation of the Barometer , advances an hypothefis ...
( 2 ) METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS . " NEW THEORY FOR THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BAROMETER . MR DALTON , Profeffor of Mathematics and Natural Philofophy Man- chefter , in an Effay on the Variation of the Barometer , advances an hypothefis ...
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... OBSERVATIONS ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PORTUGUESE . FROM MURPHY'S TRAVELS IN PORTUGAL . THE inhabitants of Lisbon may be ranked under four claffes , viz . the no- bility , the clergy , the traders , and the labouring people ...
... OBSERVATIONS ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PORTUGUESE . FROM MURPHY'S TRAVELS IN PORTUGAL . THE inhabitants of Lisbon may be ranked under four claffes , viz . the no- bility , the clergy , the traders , and the labouring people ...
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... OBSERVATIONS ON OUR INTERCOURSE WITH THE WORLD . THE end of our existence was evi- dently intended , not for the benefit of ourselves alone , but that of our fellow- creatures . More noble employments do not engage the mind of man ...
... OBSERVATIONS ON OUR INTERCOURSE WITH THE WORLD . THE end of our existence was evi- dently intended , not for the benefit of ourselves alone , but that of our fellow- creatures . More noble employments do not engage the mind of man ...
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... damage . ( * ) Into the bargain . OBSERVATIONS ON THE UTILITY OF DEFINING SYNONY- MOUS TERMS ; 36 Vol . 58 . Letter from Sir John Lefsly . Statistical Account of Lancashire Copy of a Letter from Sir John Lef- lie to Sir Thomas Riddle.
... damage . ( * ) Into the bargain . OBSERVATIONS ON THE UTILITY OF DEFINING SYNONY- MOUS TERMS ; 36 Vol . 58 . Letter from Sir John Lefsly . Statistical Account of Lancashire Copy of a Letter from Sir John Lef- lie to Sir Thomas Riddle.
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