The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord High Chancellor of England, Volume 1Baynes and son, 1824 |
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... Experiment solitary touching the appetite of continuation in liquids . 24. BUBBLES are in the form of an hemisphere ; air within , and a little skin of water without : and it seemeth somewhat strange , that the air should rise so ...
... Experiment solitary touching the appetite of continuation in liquids . 24. BUBBLES are in the form of an hemisphere ; air within , and a little skin of water without : and it seemeth somewhat strange , that the air should rise so ...
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... Experiment solitary touching the making of artificial springs . 25. THE rejection , which I continually use , of experiments , though it appeareth not , is infinite ; but yet if an experiment be probable in the work , and of great use ...
... Experiment solitary touching the making of artificial springs . 25. THE rejection , which I continually use , of experiments , though it appeareth not , is infinite ; but yet if an experiment be probable in the work , and of great use ...
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... Experiment solitary touching the version and trans- mutation of air into water . 27. IT seemeth that there be these ways , in like- lihood , of version of vapours or air , into water and moisture . The first is cold ; which doth ...
... Experiment solitary touching the version and trans- mutation of air into water . 27. IT seemeth that there be these ways , in like- lihood , of version of vapours or air , into water and moisture . The first is cold ; which doth ...
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... Experiment solitary touching helps towards the beauty and good features of persons . 28. It is reported by some of the ancients ; that whelps , or other creatures , if they be put young into such a cage or box , as they cannot rise to ...
... Experiment solitary touching helps towards the beauty and good features of persons . 28. It is reported by some of the ancients ; that whelps , or other creatures , if they be put young into such a cage or box , as they cannot rise to ...
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... Experiment solitary touching the condensing of air in such sort as it may put on weight , and yield nourishment . 29. ONIONS , as they hang , will many of them shoot forth ; and so will penny - royal ; and so will an herb called orpin ...
... Experiment solitary touching the condensing of air in such sort as it may put on weight , and yield nourishment . 29. ONIONS , as they hang , will many of them shoot forth ; and so will penny - royal ; and so will an herb called orpin ...
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