folid

This was about a mile broad; within which was folid ice in one contmued compadb body.

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They are fufEciently folid, as I proved, to bear the weight of a. man: when we faw them they were abandoned: but they were covered by a thick layer of freOi dung.

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From this general principle, then, of the re - putation of the great antient Claffics being fo early, fo lading, fo extenfive, among all the moll polifhed nations, we may juftly and boldly infer, that their reputation cannot be wholly unjuft, but muft have a folid foundation in the merit of their writings.

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It is otherwife with folid bodies i their feveral parts adhering together, they prefs in one common mafsj hence the falling of folid bodies is produftive of a different efFcdt from that of liquids, Wc dread the falling of a pound of ice upon our heads, while we are much more indif - ferent concerning that of a pound of water.

The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated: On the Principles of Modern Philosophy. By G ... 1798

Therefore, the ball of iron muft be made hollow wiihin, nnd in fuch a manner that its diameter may be greater than the diameter of a fphere, the folid contents of whlth is three-fevenths of a cubic foot: if this ball is made eleven inches three lines in diameter, it will fwim.

The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated: On the Principles of Modern Philosophy. By G ... 1798

In a greater heat than is fufHcient to produce this effe fluid or folid.

The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated: On the Principles of Modern Philosophy. By G ... 1798

In die year 1775 or 17J6, rain frU at UverpooJ, which became folid as foon as it reached the furface of the earth, in fuch a manner as to give a covering of ice to whatever was wet with it, and even to form icicles on the drefs of pcrfons

The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated: On the Principles of Modern Philosophy. By G ... 1798

Melted Wh alkali thty give a more folid an 1 fixed glafs than any others of the filiceou3 order.

The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated: On the Principles of Modern Philosophy. By G ... 1798

- Comets are folid opaque bodies, of diftftrent magnitudes, like the planets.

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Though the natives far excel moil of the Americans in the know - ledge and praAice of the arts of inge - nuity, yet tney had not invented any me - thod of boiling water; and having no veflel that could bear the fire, they had no more iJea that water could be made hot, than that it could be made folid.

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