Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science: With Lists of the Most Approved Authors, Including the Best Editions of the Classics ; Designed Chiefly for the Junior Students in the Universities and the Higher Classes in Schools ; in Two Volumes. 2Messrs. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard; Hatchard, Piccadilly; and Egerton, Withehall; J. Parker and J. Cooke, Oxford; and Deighton, Cambridge, 1806 - 553 oldal |
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92. oldal
... published from the papers of Dr. Saunderfon . Although at the early age of twelve months he had been de- prived of his fight , and his eyes , yet , when he afterwards became Lucasian Profeffor of Mathe- matics at Cambridge , he ...
... published from the papers of Dr. Saunderfon . Although at the early age of twelve months he had been de- prived of his fight , and his eyes , yet , when he afterwards became Lucasian Profeffor of Mathe- matics at Cambridge , he ...
109. oldal
... published " his Century of Inventions " in the reign of Charles II . Capt . Sa- vary improved upon it , and obtained a patent for it . It was ftill farther improved by Newcomen ; and Mr. Watt has fince brought it to a great de- gree of ...
... published " his Century of Inventions " in the reign of Charles II . Capt . Sa- vary improved upon it , and obtained a patent for it . It was ftill farther improved by Newcomen ; and Mr. Watt has fince brought it to a great de- gree of ...
138. oldal
... published , but he forfook the pleasures of imagination for thofe of fcience , as foon as he met with books of aftronomy . He obferved with great attention the comet which appeared in 1652 , and he concluded , that comets were not bo ...
... published , but he forfook the pleasures of imagination for thofe of fcience , as foon as he met with books of aftronomy . He obferved with great attention the comet which appeared in 1652 , and he concluded , that comets were not bo ...
222. oldal
... published refpecting thefe curious refults from the apparent combination of electric and chemical powers . " Parkinfon's Chemical Pocket Book , p . 132 . breaking . breaking . It melts at 32 ° of Wedgwood's pyro- 292 CHEMISTRY .
... published refpecting thefe curious refults from the apparent combination of electric and chemical powers . " Parkinfon's Chemical Pocket Book , p . 132 . breaking . breaking . It melts at 32 ° of Wedgwood's pyro- 292 CHEMISTRY .
263. oldal
... published , rarely maintain their reputation through fucceeding ages , because their claim to diftinction is built upon limited views of nature , the fashions , the follies , or the vices of the times . Their attractions ceafe as foon ...
... published , rarely maintain their reputation through fucceeding ages , because their claim to diftinction is built upon limited views of nature , the fashions , the follies , or the vices of the times . Their attractions ceafe as foon ...
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