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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12. oldal
... motion in an appropriate frame . On applying his hand to it , for the purpose of excitation , he was surprised to observe an exact image of his hand on the concave surface of the wax , as distinctly defined as if there had been nothing ...
... motion in an appropriate frame . On applying his hand to it , for the purpose of excitation , he was surprised to observe an exact image of his hand on the concave surface of the wax , as distinctly defined as if there had been nothing ...
14. oldal
... motion of a peculiar fluid , repulsive of its own particles , and having an attraction for all other matter . And he considered the opposite elec- tricities of glass and sealing - wax as indications of different states of this fluid ...
... motion of a peculiar fluid , repulsive of its own particles , and having an attraction for all other matter . And he considered the opposite elec- tricities of glass and sealing - wax as indications of different states of this fluid ...
21. oldal
... motion they individually experience is unequal , are sometimes electrified ; and , in such cases , the substance of which the friction is limited to the least extent of surface , is usually negative . This he farther remarks is the case ...
... motion they individually experience is unequal , are sometimes electrified ; and , in such cases , the substance of which the friction is limited to the least extent of surface , is usually negative . This he farther remarks is the case ...
27. oldal
... motion , and the following phenomena will be observed . 1. Distinct lines of light , accompa- nied by lateral scintillations , pass from one con- ductor to the other , across that part of the cy- linder which is not covered by the silk ...
... motion , and the following phenomena will be observed . 1. Distinct lines of light , accompa- nied by lateral scintillations , pass from one con- ductor to the other , across that part of the cy- linder which is not covered by the silk ...
29. oldal
... motion for some time . See fig . 7. An instrument is constructed on purpose for this experiment , by which the dancing of the balls may be kept up for any length of time , as it may be connected with the conductor . ( 9. ) Insulate a ...
... motion for some time . See fig . 7. An instrument is constructed on purpose for this experiment , by which the dancing of the balls may be kept up for any length of time , as it may be connected with the conductor . ( 9. ) Insulate a ...
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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...