The New Statistical Account of Scotland: LanarkW. Blackwood and Sons, 1845 |
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200. oldal - A Description and Draught of a new-invented Machine, for carrying Vessels or Ships out of, or into, any Harbour, Port, or River, against Wind and Tide, or in a calm.
381. oldal - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
308. oldal - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
692. oldal - Scotland; which, he said, were so violent, that he could not concur in the planting the Christian religion itself, in such a manner, much less a form of government.
661. oldal - The blast or current of air so produced is to be passed from the bellows or blowing apparatus into an air-vessel or receptacle, made sufficiently strong to endure the blast, and through and from that vessel or receptacle by means of a tube, pipe, or aperture, into the fire, forge, or furnace.
273. oldal - But here it is ; prepare To see the life as lively mocked, as ever Still sleep mocked death.
381. oldal - God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
159. oldal - I perceived that he imagined the presence of sulphur in the air to be the cause of blast-furnaces working irregularly, and making bad iron in the summer months. Subsequently to this conversation, which had in some measure directed my thoughts to the subject of blastfurnaces...
401. oldal - The city was three-quarters of a mile in length, and about a quarter of a mile in width.
150. oldal - ... to apply it with exactness), and struck with an iron mallet. Thus the figure was impressed upon the cloth, one colour only being used at once ; and if other colours were required to complete the pattern, it was necessary to repeat the operation with different blocks. In order to produce more delicate patterns than could be engraved on wood...