Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science: Illustrated with 100 Plates, 6. kötetR. Wilks, 1815 |
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. oldal
... Mercury ▽ . Azotane , or the Detonating Substance of M. Dulong 207 ib . 185 ib . 186 BOOK II . PYROTECHNY , or ART of constructing FIRE - WORKS . I. Construction of the Cartridges of Rockets II . Composition of the Powder for Rockets ...
... Mercury ▽ . Azotane , or the Detonating Substance of M. Dulong 207 ib . 185 ib . 186 BOOK II . PYROTECHNY , or ART of constructing FIRE - WORKS . I. Construction of the Cartridges of Rockets II . Composition of the Powder for Rockets ...
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... mercury in a vacuum , although sealing wax , which is generally negative , is rendered positive by immersion in a trough of mercury . When a white and a black silk stocking are rubbed together , the white stocking acquires positive ...
... mercury in a vacuum , although sealing wax , which is generally negative , is rendered positive by immersion in a trough of mercury . When a white and a black silk stocking are rubbed together , the white stocking acquires positive ...
38. oldal
... mercury , zinc , and tin , which probably , besides being of use in supplying electricity readily to different parts of the glass , un- dergoes in general a chemical change , by means of which some electricity is excited . The fluid ...
... mercury , zinc , and tin , which probably , besides being of use in supplying electricity readily to different parts of the glass , un- dergoes in general a chemical change , by means of which some electricity is excited . The fluid ...
56. oldal
... mercury , or on any surface that can be agitated ; and it may be imitated by strewing powder on a plate of glass , supported by two balls , which are contrarily electrified . The polarity of a needle may often be observed when it ...
... mercury , or on any surface that can be agitated ; and it may be imitated by strewing powder on a plate of glass , supported by two balls , which are contrarily electrified . The polarity of a needle may often be observed when it ...
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... mercury fell to 27 inches , from which they calculated their height to be about 600 yards . Throwing out ballast occasionally as they found the machine descending by the escape of some of the inflammable air , they found it practicable ...
... mercury fell to 27 inches , from which they calculated their height to be about 600 yards . Throwing out ballast occasionally as they found the machine descending by the escape of some of the inflammable air , they found it practicable ...
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352. oldal - And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
353. oldal - And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
560. oldal - ... would sometimes be in contact, lying on the face, on the side, on the back, top or bottom, so as, on the whole, to give the idea of bones emptied promiscuously from a bag or basket, and covered over with earth, without any attention to their order.
4. oldal - And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
488. oldal - The idol is a block of wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody colour. His arms are of gold, and he is dressed in gorgeous apparel. The other two idols are of a white and yellow colour. — Five elephants preceded the three towers, bearing towering flags, dressed in crimson caparisons, and having bells hanging to their caparisons, which sounded musically as they moved.
484. oldal - From the place where I now stand, I have a view of a host of people like an army, encamped at the outer gate of the town of Juggernaut; where a guard of soldiers is posted to prevent their entering the town, until they have paid the pilgrim's tax [to the British East Jndia Company].
560. oldal - ... may have been made, they are of considerable notoriety among the Indians: for a party passing, about thirty years ago, through the part of the country where this barrow is, went through the woods directly to it, without any instructions or...
488. oldal - The car moved on a little way, and then stopped. A boy of about twelve years was then brought forth to attempt something yet more lascivious, if peradventure the God would move. The ' child perfected the praise...
8. oldal - None from henceforth shall use to multiply gold or silver, or use the craft of multiplication; and if any the same do, he shall incur the pain of felony.
560. oldal - I proceeded then to make a perpendicular cut through the body of the barrow, that I might examine its internal structure. This passed about three feet from its center, was opened to the former surface of the earth, and was wide enough for a man to walk through and examine its sides. At the bottom, that is, on the level of the circumjacent plain, I found bones; above...