Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, 15. kötetJohn Brown, 1816 |
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21. oldal
... texture when broken . If more of this matter be added , the cloud rifes quicker and is more opaque , and fo by degrees till the Bag becomes quite nilk white . It is then no more of a fhining , but rather dry appearance on the furface ...
... texture when broken . If more of this matter be added , the cloud rifes quicker and is more opaque , and fo by degrees till the Bag becomes quite nilk white . It is then no more of a fhining , but rather dry appearance on the furface ...
28. oldal
... texture of the minerals ; 2. Pro- perties refulting from the action of other bodies on it . The first clafs has , by WERNER , been call- ed external , and by fome French writers phyfical ; the 2d chemical . " The external properties may ...
... texture of the minerals ; 2. Pro- perties refulting from the action of other bodies on it . The first clafs has , by WERNER , been call- ed external , and by fome French writers phyfical ; the 2d chemical . " The external properties may ...
30. oldal
... TEXTURE is meant the internal ftruc- ture or difpofition of the matter of which a mine- ral is compofed , which may be discovered by breaking it . The texture is either compact , with- out any diftinguishable parts , or the appearance ...
... TEXTURE is meant the internal ftruc- ture or difpofition of the matter of which a mine- ral is compofed , which may be discovered by breaking it . The texture is either compact , with- out any diftinguishable parts , or the appearance ...
31. oldal
... texture , and brittle , very common in Britain and moft other Countries , especially in copper mines . It was known by the name of ponderous par . GAHN analyfed it in 1775 , and discovered that it is com- pofed of fulphuric acid and a ...
... texture , and brittle , very common in Britain and moft other Countries , especially in copper mines . It was known by the name of ponderous par . GAHN analyfed it in 1775 , and discovered that it is com- pofed of fulphuric acid and a ...
32. oldal
Its texture is generally fibrous : fometimes it is crystallized in flender prifmatic columns of va- rious lengths . It was at first confidered as a car- bonat of barytes ; but Dr HOPE , in 1791 , made experiments on it , which ...
Its texture is generally fibrous : fometimes it is crystallized in flender prifmatic columns of va- rious lengths . It was at first confidered as a car- bonat of barytes ; but Dr HOPE , in 1791 , made experiments on it , which ...
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acid againſt alfo almoft alſo alumina analyfed ancient antimony barytes becauſe blow-pipe borax cafe called carbonat carbonic acid caufe colour compofed confequence confiderable confifts cryftallized difcovered diffolved diftinguished earth falt fame feems fenfe feveral fhall fhould fide filica filk filver firft firſt fize fmall foliated folution fome fometimes foon fpecies ftate ftill ftone ftrong fubftance fubject fuch fulphur fuppofed furface GENUS gravity grey Hardneſs himſelf houfe houſe itſelf Klaproth laft lefs likewife lime Luftre meaſure melts metallic miles mineral moft moſt mountains muft muriatic muriatic acid muſt nature neceffary nitric acid obferved occafion oxide oxide of iron paffions pafs perfon pleaſure potafs precipitate prefent prifm quantity reafon refpect Ruffia Shak ſmall Specific gravity ſtate texture thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion town of France town of Naples Tranfparency ufually uſed whofe yellow
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113. oldal - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.
355. oldal - You may as well go stand upon the beach, And bid the main flood bate his usual height ; You may as well use question with the wolf, Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb ; You may as well forbid the mountain pines To wag their high tops, and to make no noise, When they are fretted with the gusts of heaven...
302. oldal - OF Man's firft difobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whofe mortal tafte Brought death into the world, and all our woe.
133. oldal - We do it wrong, being so majestical, To offer it the show of violence ; For it is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery.
398. oldal - To make the killing either murder or manslaughter, it is requisite that the party die within a year and a day after the stroke received or the cause of death administered; in the computation of which the whole of the day on which the act was done shall be reckoned the first.
373. oldal - Sometime like apes that mow and chatter at me And after bite me, then like hedgehogs which Lie tumbling in my barefoot way and mount Their pricks at my footfall. Sometime am I All wound with adders who with cloven tongues Do hiss me into madness.
313. oldal - But, besides this general licence from the king, as lord paramount of the kingdom, it was also requisite, whenever there was a mesne or intermediate lord between the king and the alienor, to obtain his licence also (upon the same feudal principles), for the alienation of the specific land.
311. oldal - But, so long as it continues conditional, that is, between the time of lending the money and the time allotted for payment, the mortgagee is called tenant in mortgage.
398. oldal - To kill a child in its mother's womb is now no murder, but a great misprision : but if the child be born alive and dieth by reason of the potion or bruises it received in the womb, it seems by the better opinion to be murder in such as administered or gave them.
315. oldal - ... within six months previous to the donor's death), and unless such gift be made to take effect immediately, and be without power of revocation: and that all other ¡gifts shall be void...