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... heat dry some things , but melt others . " In one and the same quiry . fire , clay grows hard and wax melts . " 2 Heat dries the earth , stones , wood , cloth , skins , and all bodies that cannot be melted . It melts metals , wax , gums ...
... heat dry some things , but melt others . " In one and the same quiry . fire , clay grows hard and wax melts . " 2 Heat dries the earth , stones , wood , cloth , skins , and all bodies that cannot be melted . It melts metals , wax , gums ...
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... heat in fire , but a very fee- ble degree of cold ( for there is nothing besides that of winter , or perhaps ice and snow , or nitre ) ; the desic- cations of cold are weak and easily dissolved . Yet still we see that the surface of the ...
... heat in fire , but a very fee- ble degree of cold ( for there is nothing besides that of winter , or perhaps ice and snow , or nitre ) ; the desic- cations of cold are weak and easily dissolved . Yet still we see that the surface of the ...
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... heat , but are also folded , crumpled , and as it were rolled up by it ; as may be seen by holding paper , parchment , and leaves to the fire . For con- traction by age , being a slower process , generally only wrinkles , but ...
... heat , but are also folded , crumpled , and as it were rolled up by it ; as may be seen by holding paper , parchment , and leaves to the fire . For con- traction by age , being a slower process , generally only wrinkles , but ...
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... of bastards ) in the heat of passion , others when desire begins to cool , as in the case of long - married couples . The same things must be considered on the mother's side , together with her 66 HISTORIA VITÆ ET MORTIS . " 69.
... of bastards ) in the heat of passion , others when desire begins to cool , as in the case of long - married couples . The same things must be considered on the mother's side , together with her 66 HISTORIA VITÆ ET MORTIS . " 69.
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... heat , preys upon the moisture , the shorter is the duration of that thing . This occurs everywhere , and is plain . 4. The spirits are to be put into such a tempera- ment , and such a degree of activity that ( as one says ) they shall ...
... heat , preys upon the moisture , the shorter is the duration of that thing . This occurs everywhere , and is plain . 4. The spirits are to be put into such a tempera- ment , and such a degree of activity that ( as one says ) they shall ...
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