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The Gold dust is said to weigh so many<lb/> | <p>The Gold dust is said to weigh so many<lb/> | ||
grains. Or if it be a large guantity<lb/> | grains. Or if it be a large guantity<lb/> | ||
<del><gap/> other name is given as</del><add>the custom is to call</add> . . . . grains<lb/> | <del><gap/> other name is given as</del><add>the custom is to call</add> . . . . grains<lb/> | ||
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the most, and the smallest aliquots the<lb/> | the most, and the smallest aliquots the<lb/> | ||
effect of which <del><gap/></del> on the <del><gap/></del><add>properties</add> to<lb/> | effect of which <del><gap/></del> on the <del><gap/></del><add>properties</add> to<lb/> | ||
be compared our senses any how assisted | be compared our senses any how assisted can<lb/> | ||
discover must content us.</p> | |||
If an Astronomer <del>is not contented with knowing</del><add>cannot discover</add><lb/> | |||
the <del>distance of</del> the proportional <del>distance <gap/> are</del><lb/> | |||
<del><gap/> the Sun and the moon</del> <del>in miles if</del><add>to a league</add><lb/> | |||
<add>he need not <gap/> that supposing <gap/> <del><gap/></del> in <gap/> be</add> | |||
<del><gap/><unclear>invent</unclear> instruments to take and contrast</del> <note>Incommensurables</note><lb/> | |||
of an inch <add>the <gap/>ls not express them to a thousandth part</add> instruments to <gap/> <gap/> can a variation<lb/> | |||
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The Gold dust is said to weigh so many
grains. Or if it be a large guantity
other name is given asthe custom is to call . . . . grains
are equal called by the name of an ounce
instead of saying it weighs
90 grains it is said to weigh . . . ounces
. . . grains. In weighing
little value a pound or even a 1/4 of
an hundred one as minute aliquots as
are considered. The Coincidence also
is not always required so accurate as
our can pidge. But when
the greatest accuracy is required,
the minute most exact coincidence that
our are susceptible of assisted by any circumjoint bodies
which are known to
be capable of inflaming
the weightof one whole, are supposed
to influence that of
the , density of his
edium] is supposed to
be uniform, and so
in all operations these
circumstances which are
not taken into account
are supposed uniform.
those inventions which assist our sensibility
the most, and the smallest aliquots the
effect of which on the properties to
be compared our senses any how assisted can
discover must content us.
If an Astronomer is not contented with knowingcannot discover
the distance of the proportional distance are
the Sun and the moon in miles ifto a league
he need not that supposing in be
invent instruments to take and contrast Incommensurables
of an inch the ls not express them to a thousandth part instruments to can a variation
Identifier: | JB/135/052/004"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 135. |
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sir samuel bentham |
[[watermarks::[gr with crown] [pro patria motif]]] |
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