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368. oldal
... fire - proof . Then place the vessel on the fire , and leave it there for a few hours ; and afterwards take off the lid and see in what state the wood is . I conceive ( seeing it was absolutely prevented both from catching fire and from ...
... fire - proof . Then place the vessel on the fire , and leave it there for a few hours ; and afterwards take off the lid and see in what state the wood is . I conceive ( seeing it was absolutely prevented both from catching fire and from ...
384. oldal
... fire , but the whole body twists , curls , and rolls up . 11. Linen set in flame and then presently extinguished is turned into a rarefied substance which will hardly flame , but easily catches fire . This is the tinder which we use to ...
... fire , but the whole body twists , curls , and rolls up . 11. Linen set in flame and then presently extinguished is turned into a rarefied substance which will hardly flame , but easily catches fire . This is the tinder which we use to ...
473. oldal
... fire was condensed and rarefied , yet so that its rarefaction towards a fiery nature was the direct and progressive action of nature ; while its condensation was a kind of retrograde action or failing of the same . Both of these he ...
... fire was condensed and rarefied , yet so that its rarefaction towards a fiery nature was the direct and progressive action of nature ; while its condensation was a kind of retrograde action or failing of the same . Both of these he ...
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