Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, 3. kötetEdward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 |
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12. oldal
... sometimes given by painting , or by varnishing , without employing gold ; but this is a false kind of gilding . In the manner alluded to , such a colour is given to brass and to silver , by applying upon these metals a gold - coloured ...
... sometimes given by painting , or by varnishing , without employing gold ; but this is a false kind of gilding . In the manner alluded to , such a colour is given to brass and to silver , by applying upon these metals a gold - coloured ...
13. oldal
... sometimes fixed on metals , by previously reducing it into an amalgam or paste , with mercury . With this amalgam , the metal to be gilded is covered ; and , on the application of heat sufficient to evaporate the mercury , nothing is ...
... sometimes fixed on metals , by previously reducing it into an amalgam or paste , with mercury . With this amalgam , the metal to be gilded is covered ; and , on the application of heat sufficient to evaporate the mercury , nothing is ...
26. oldal
... sometimes equal to that of an hair . Before each time of drawing , it is covered with wax , to save the gold from being worn away . GOLD - wire fatted , the wire already described fatted between rollers of polished steel , and used in ...
... sometimes equal to that of an hair . Before each time of drawing , it is covered with wax , to save the gold from being worn away . GOLD - wire fatted , the wire already described fatted between rollers of polished steel , and used in ...
30. oldal
... troy . GRAMMAR , the philosophy of language , as ex . pressive of thought ; or the rules of any particular language . Grammar of the first kind is sometimes called philosophical grammar : while the latter is distinguished by 30 GRA.
... troy . GRAMMAR , the philosophy of language , as ex . pressive of thought ; or the rules of any particular language . Grammar of the first kind is sometimes called philosophical grammar : while the latter is distinguished by 30 GRA.
49. oldal
... sometimes pointed at one end and broad at the other , sometimes forming a hook at one of its ends , and sometimes terminating in a knob at both . In its original construction , it is a union of the spear and the axe ; and intended ...
... sometimes pointed at one end and broad at the other , sometimes forming a hook at one of its ends , and sometimes terminating in a knob at both . In its original construction , it is a union of the spear and the axe ; and intended ...
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Népszerű szakaszok
359. oldal - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
45. oldal - This is a high prerogative writ, and therefore by the common law issuing out of the court of king's bench not only in term-time, but also during the vacation, by a fiat from the chief justice or any other of the judges, and running into all parts of the king's dominions; for the king is at all times entitled to have an account, why the liberty of any of his subjects is restrained, wherever that restraint may be inflicted.
319. oldal - Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon.
5. oldal - A Proposition, is something which is either proposed to be done, or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem.
5. oldal - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as ABD E.
228. oldal - But every man, when he enters into society, gives up a part of his natural liberty, as the price of so valuable a purchase ; and in consideration of receiving the advantages of mutual commerce, obliges himself to conform to those laws, which the community has thought proper to establish.
361. oldal - Odin is believed to have been the name of the one true god among the first colonies who came from the East, and peopled Germany and Scandinavia, and among their posterity for several ages.
327. oldal - The study of natural history, simple, beautiful, and instructive, consists in the collection, arrangement, and exhibition of the various productions of the earth.
333. oldal - Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
144. oldal - An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to, and presented upon oath by, a grand jury.