The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen5Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1858 |
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... pennyweights , and the pennyweight of 20 grains . And I chose pure gold as the standard to which other bodies should be referred ; because gold is not only the heaviest , but likewise the most uniform and consistent substance there is ...
... pennyweights , and the pennyweight of 20 grains . And I chose pure gold as the standard to which other bodies should be referred ; because gold is not only the heaviest , but likewise the most uniform and consistent substance there is ...
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... pennyweight , it is manifest that the bulk of myrrh in proportion to the bulk of gold is as twenty to one ; so that there is twenty times as much matter in gold as in an equal bulk of myrrh ; and again there is twenty times as much bulk ...
... pennyweight , it is manifest that the bulk of myrrh in proportion to the bulk of gold is as twenty to one ; so that there is twenty times as much matter in gold as in an equal bulk of myrrh ; and again there is twenty times as much bulk ...
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... pennyweights , together with others far more rarefied , to educe by form a body which in an equal dimension weighs 20 pennyweights . There are two ways of escaping the difficulty . It may be said , first , that the more rarefied ...
... pennyweights , together with others far more rarefied , to educe by form a body which in an equal dimension weighs 20 pennyweights . There are two ways of escaping the difficulty . It may be said , first , that the more rarefied ...
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... pennyweights ; so that six pennyweights of spirit of wine , which in the body ( as I recollect ) did not occupy a fortieth part of a pint , when turned into air filled a gallon . Admonition . I recollect likewise that the bladder , on ...
... pennyweights ; so that six pennyweights of spirit of wine , which in the body ( as I recollect ) did not occupy a fortieth part of a pint , when turned into air filled a gallon . Admonition . I recollect likewise that the bladder , on ...
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... pennyweight of pure gold , reduced into small leaves , so thin that they may be torn by the hand . 2. Take likewise four pennyweights of nitro - muriatic acid , and put them into a glass with the gold . Then put the glass upon a chafing ...
... pennyweight of pure gold , reduced into small leaves , so thin that they may be torn by the hand . 2. Take likewise four pennyweights of nitro - muriatic acid , and put them into a glass with the gold . Then put the glass upon a chafing ...
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