The Complete Works of Count Rumford, 4. kötetEstes and Lauriat, 1875 |
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10. oldal
... increased in width ( by means which will hereafter be described ) in such a manner as completely to fill the field , appear- ing under the form of two hemispheres , or rather half disks , touching each other in a vertical line . The ...
... increased in width ( by means which will hereafter be described ) in such a manner as completely to fill the field , appear- ing under the form of two hemispheres , or rather half disks , touching each other in a vertical line . The ...
11. oldal
... increased , the corresponding cylinder is moved about its axis , till the wing just described , emerging out of the shadow and intercepting a portion of light , brings the shadow projected upon the field of the instrument to be of the ...
... increased , the corresponding cylinder is moved about its axis , till the wing just described , emerging out of the shadow and intercepting a portion of light , brings the shadow projected upon the field of the instrument to be of the ...
14. oldal
... increase or diminish their bril- liancy . These tables , which are 10 inches wide and 35 inches high , and the one of them 12 feet and the other 20 feet long , are placed at an angle of 60 ° from each other , and in such a situation ...
... increase or diminish their bril- liancy . These tables , which are 10 inches wide and 35 inches high , and the one of them 12 feet and the other 20 feet long , are placed at an angle of 60 ° from each other , and in such a situation ...
26. oldal
... increase , that conclusion can by no means be admitted . Besides the experiments above mentioned , I made a great number of others , similar to them , and with the same view ; but , as their results were all nearly the same , I have not ...
... increase , that conclusion can by no means be admitted . Besides the experiments above mentioned , I made a great number of others , similar to them , and with the same view ; but , as their results were all nearly the same , I have not ...
40. oldal
... increased . By these means the widths of the two shadows which are com- pared may at any time be made equal ; and they should be so , in order that their intensities may be compared with greater facility and accuracy . As often as the ...
... increased . By these means the widths of the two shadows which are com- pared may at any time be made equal ; and they should be so , in order that their intensities may be compared with greater facility and accuracy . As often as the ...
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717. oldal - British empire, a public institution for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements, and for teaching, by courses of philosophical lectures and experiments, the application of science to the common purposes of life.
731. oldal - The Reports of the Society for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor, 5 vols.
778. oldal - Institution for diffusing the Knowledge and facilitating the general Introduction of Useful Mechanical Inventions and Improvements, and for teaching, by courses of Philosophical Lectures and Experiments, the Application of Science to the Common Purposes of Life.
240. oldal - To make vicious and abandoned people happy, it has generally been supposed necessary, first, to make them virtuous. But why not reverse this order ? Why not make them first happy and then virtuous?
223. oldal - The number of itinerant beggars of both sexes and all ages, as well foreigners as natives, who strolled about the country in all directions, levying contributions upon the industrious inhabitants, stealing and robbing, and leading a life of indolence and the most shameless debauchery, was quite incredible...
744. oldal - MP The following resolutions were agreed to unanimously : — I. That, before any measures are taken for carrying the plan into execution, a petition be presented to His MAJESTY, praying that he would be graciously pleased to grant a CHARTER to the INSTITUTION. II. That an outline of the plan be laid before the Right Honourable MR.
443. oldal - The pudding is to be eaten with a knife and fork, beginning at the circumference of the slice, and approaching regularly towards the centre, each piece of pudding being taken up with the fork, and dipped into the butter, or dipped into it in part only, as is commonly the case, before it is carried to the mouth.
430. oldal - Indian meal is stirred into it, by little and little, with a wooden epoon with a long handle, while the water goes on to be heated and made to boil ; great care being taken to put in the meal by very...
iii. oldal - ... in any part of Europe during the preceding two years, on Heat or on Light ; the preference always being given to such discoveries as shall, in the opinion of the President and Council, tend most to promote the good of mankind.
287. oldal - I had seen for years as beggars in the streets ; young women, perhaps the unhappy victims of seduction, who, having lost their reputation, and being turned adrift in the world, without a friend and without a home, were reduced to the necessity of begging to sustain a miserable existence, now recognized me as their benefactor ; and, with tears dropping fast from their cheeks, continued their work in the most expressive silence. If they were asked what the matter was with them ? their answer was (