Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: Second SupplementKnight & Company, 1858 - 286 oldal |
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... interest taken in it by Chevalier Bunsen , Baron Humboldt , and Professor Ritter , it was arranged that Dr. Barth and Dr. Overweg , two Germans , should accompany Mr. Richardson for the purpose of making scientific observa- tions . Lord ...
... interest taken in it by Chevalier Bunsen , Baron Humboldt , and Professor Ritter , it was arranged that Dr. Barth and Dr. Overweg , two Germans , should accompany Mr. Richardson for the purpose of making scientific observa- tions . Lord ...
19. oldal
... interest felt might have been sup- posed to be less , statistical returns have been obtained in an excellent form , and with no opposition . The task of gather- ing the returns was confided to the constabulary in 1852 , and they have ...
... interest felt might have been sup- posed to be less , statistical returns have been obtained in an excellent form , and with no opposition . The task of gather- ing the returns was confided to the constabulary in 1852 , and they have ...
38. oldal
... interest for twenty - five years pre- viously . This expedition consisted of Messrs . Fuss , Sabler , and Sawidsh , who within two years succeeded in making a most accurate survey , by which it was determined that the level of the ...
... interest for twenty - five years pre- viously . This expedition consisted of Messrs . Fuss , Sabler , and Sawidsh , who within two years succeeded in making a most accurate survey , by which it was determined that the level of the ...
39. oldal
... interest . They reached it in August 1855 , and fixed the of the Araguai branch of the Pilcomayo . The city , which height they attained on Ibi Gamin at 22,260 feet . In stands upon a commanding spot , was built in 1535 by a Western ...
... interest . They reached it in August 1855 , and fixed the of the Araguai branch of the Pilcomayo . The city , which height they attained on Ibi Gamin at 22,260 feet . In stands upon a commanding spot , was built in 1535 by a Western ...
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... interest in all that developed the feelings or touched the destinies of others , and that sensibility and sympathy which are the special heritage of dramatic poets , yet these sentiments had in her instance more of pensiveness and of ...
... interest in all that developed the feelings or touched the destinies of others , and that sensibility and sympathy which are the special heritage of dramatic poets , yet these sentiments had in her instance more of pensiveness and of ...
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222. oldal - ... offence punishable on summary conviction competent or compellable to give evidence for or against himself or herself, or shall render any person compellable to answer any question tending to criminate himself or herself, or shall in any criminal proceeding render any husband competent or compellable to give evidence for or against his wife, or any wife competent or compellable to give evidence for or against her husband.
140. oldal - Fasti Romani. The Civil and Literary Chronology of Rome and Constantinople, from the Death of Augustus to the Death of Heraclius.
218. oldal - ... and when completed shall be read over to the witness and signed by him in the presence of the parties, or such of them as may think fit to attend.
146. oldal - An Account of the Abipones, an Equestrian People of Paraguay From the Latin of Martin Dobrizhoffer, eighteen years a Missionary in that country.
92. oldal - Account of an assemblage of -Fossil Teeth and Bones of Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Bear, Tiger, and Hyaena, and sixteen other animals; discovered in a cave at Kirkdale, Yorkshire...
153. oldal - Circars medicinally, but when ripe are eaten by the natives, and also most greedily by several sorts of birds, being of a sweetish taste. The wood is soft, and of little use except for fuel. It is reckoned one of the best kinds for kindling fire by friction, and is thought to have furnished the wood from which the Egyptians constructed their mummy cases.
261. oldal - They are collected in the hottest months, and hung up by a string in the air to dry ; some dry of themselves on the ground, and are said to be far more narcotic than those artificially preserved. Small deep-coloured specimens, thickly covered with warts, are also said to be more powerful than those of a larger size and paler colour.
221. oldal - ... their possession or power relating to the matters in dispute, or what he knows as to the custody they or any of them are in, and whether he or they objects or object (and if so, on what grounds,) to the production of such as are in his or their possession or power ; and upon such affidavit being made the Court or Judge may make such further order thereon as shall be just.
137. oldal - Some experiments performed with a view to ascertain the most advantageous method of constructing a voltaic apparatus, for the purposes of chemical research,' in which he determined the effect of unusually large battery plates.
291. oldal - ... commences its summer sports. They associate in small parties of ten or a dozen, near the bank, where some little projection forms a bay, or renders the water particularly tranquil ; and here they will circle round each other without contention, each in his sphere, and with no apparent object, from morning until night, with great sprightliness and animation ; and so lightly do they move on the fluid, as to form only some faint and transient circles on its surface. Very fond of society, we seldom...