Encyclopaedia Britannica, Or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Compiled Upon a New Plan Volume 1; In Which the Different Sciences and Arts Are Digested Into Distinct Treatises or Systems, and the Various Technical Terms, Etc. Are Explained as They Occur (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1771 Excerpt: ...might here close the detail of this operation, which, "lam afraid, when attempted by unskilful hands, will "cost many of their lives; but my love of truth forces me to declare, that, by practice, I am arrived at so "much d;xterity in the management of her, that I can, "without hOrt to her, tie a thread of silk round her "body, and thus confine her to any part in which (he "might not naturally wish to remain; or I sometimes "use the less dangerous way of clipping her wings on '- one side. -' I (lull conclude this account in the manner of C. "Furius Cresinus, who being cited before the Curule "Edile and an assembly -f the people, to answer to a "charge of sorcery, founded on his reaping much larger "crops from his small spot of ground, than his neigh"bours did from their extensive fields, produced his "strong implements of husbandry, his well-fed oxen, ' and a hale young woman, his daughter; and, point"ing to them, said, These, Romans, are my instru' ments of witchcraft; but I cannot (hew you my toil, my sweats, and anxious cares. So may I fay, These, "Britons, are my instruments of witchcraft; but I "car.not shew you my hours of attention to this subject, "my anxiety and care for these useful insects; nor can "I communicate to you my experience, acquired during "a course of years." We (hall conclude this history of the Honey-be with the following experiments for preventing a waste of honey, and preserving the lives of bees during the winter, communicated by a gentleman near the banks of the Tweed. "I have tried several experiments for preser"ving the lives of bees during the winter; and tho' ' in general with little success, yet I thin...