A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, 8. kötetThomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... extremity of the breast or under side of the thorax . By means of this kind of spring , the animal , when turned upon its back , contrives to leap up into the air , and so turn itself . It varies in size ; and when the insect is young ...
... extremity of the breast or under side of the thorax . By means of this kind of spring , the animal , when turned upon its back , contrives to leap up into the air , and so turn itself . It varies in size ; and when the insect is young ...
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... extremity of which was brought into a sentry - box , where the rain could not come ; while on the outside it was fastened to three wooden posts by long silken strings de- fended from the rain . This machine was the first that was ...
... extremity of which was brought into a sentry - box , where the rain could not come ; while on the outside it was fastened to three wooden posts by long silken strings de- fended from the rain . This machine was the first that was ...
20. oldal
... extremity , while a stick of sealing - wax is rubbed with the other . After a slight friction present the flannel to an electrometer , which will instantly diverge ; while this divergence continues , bring the stick of sealing - wax ...
... extremity , while a stick of sealing - wax is rubbed with the other . After a slight friction present the flannel to an electrometer , which will instantly diverge ; while this divergence continues , bring the stick of sealing - wax ...
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... extremity , at a dis- tance from the hand , or by affixing them to a glass or other non - conducting support ; but neither of these methods would be convenient where many experiments are to be made . This difficulty does not occur when ...
... extremity , at a dis- tance from the hand , or by affixing them to a glass or other non - conducting support ; but neither of these methods would be convenient where many experiments are to be made . This difficulty does not occur when ...
32. oldal
... extremities , and its other extremity be presented to the prime conductor , every spark that it receives from the prime conductor will cause small sparks to appear between all the round pieces of tin - foil stuck upon the innermost tube ...
... extremities , and its other extremity be presented to the prime conductor , every spark that it receives from the prime conductor will cause small sparks to appear between all the round pieces of tin - foil stuck upon the innermost tube ...
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180. oldal - Christ was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what that word did make it, That I believe and take it.
218. oldal - Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love That plann'd, and built, and still upholds a world So clothed with beauty for rebellious man...
205. oldal - We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed: for Prosperity doth best discover vice, but Adversity doth best discover virtue.
430. oldal - Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown : He raised a mortal to the skies: She drew an angel down.
398. oldal - Fathers, being agreeable to the propriety of the place, and the analogy of faith. — 5. The division of the chapters to be altered either not at all, or as little as may be, if necessity so require it. — 6. No marginal notes at all to be affixed, but only for the explanation of the Hebrew or Greek words, which cannot, without some circumlocution, so briefly and fitly be expressed in the text.
398. oldal - ... reasons; to which if they consent not, the difference to be compounded at the general meeting, which is to be of the chief persons of each company at the end of the work.
188. oldal - And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent THE HARP THE MONARCH MINSTREL SWEPT.
8. oldal - And be it further enacted, that no person in holy orders in the chnrch of Rome shall be capable of being elected to serve in parliament as a member of the house of commons...
398. oldal - Bible: Tindale's, Matthew's, Coverdale's, Whitchurch's, Geneva. 15. Besides the said directors before mentioned, three or four of the most ancient and grave divines in either of the universities, not employed in translating, to be assigned by the Vice-Chancellor upon conference with the rest of the Heads to be overseers of the translations, as well Hebrew as Greek, for the better observation of the fourth rule above specified.
213. oldal - I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly...