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13. oldal
... exhibited at Hyde Park , eighteen were put to trial at Mr. Pusey's estate in Wiltshire , by Mr. Miles , Mr. Shelley , and Mr. Owthwaite ; while eleven others were tried Mr. Mechi's farm in Essex , by Baron Mertens D'Osten , Colonel ...
... exhibited at Hyde Park , eighteen were put to trial at Mr. Pusey's estate in Wiltshire , by Mr. Miles , Mr. Shelley , and Mr. Owthwaite ; while eleven others were tried Mr. Mechi's farm in Essex , by Baron Mertens D'Osten , Colonel ...
14. oldal
... exhibited by Mr. Usher in 1855 , consists of a steam - engine moving itself by the revolution of a large cir- cular roller placed under it ; and to it are attached numerous ordinary plough - shares reversed , revolving behind the engine ...
... exhibited by Mr. Usher in 1855 , consists of a steam - engine moving itself by the revolution of a large cir- cular roller placed under it ; and to it are attached numerous ordinary plough - shares reversed , revolving behind the engine ...
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... exhibiting striking contrasts . The machines were worked from morning till night - each in cutting both wheat and ... exhibited consumed three times more coal than the best . Of thirteen specimens examined , the nominal horse- power ...
... exhibiting striking contrasts . The machines were worked from morning till night - each in cutting both wheat and ... exhibited consumed three times more coal than the best . Of thirteen specimens examined , the nominal horse- power ...
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... exhibited in the first instance on its walls ; and he eventually became its secretary . Allen did not attain the position his early pictures pro- mised . His inclination and his forte lay towards pastoral scenery . He loved and he could ...
... exhibited in the first instance on its walls ; and he eventually became its secretary . Allen did not attain the position his early pictures pro- mised . His inclination and his forte lay towards pastoral scenery . He loved and he could ...
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... exhibited in the gardens of the Zoological Society , Regent's Park . Of all birds at present known the Apteryx appears to have the wings the most reduced to their simplest rudiments . Its general form is that of the Penguin , and in ...
... exhibited in the gardens of the Zoological Society , Regent's Park . Of all birds at present known the Apteryx appears to have the wings the most reduced to their simplest rudiments . Its general form is that of the Penguin , and in ...
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11. oldal - I did not comprehend it until, creeping with awe to the verge, I peered down into a large rent which had been made from bank to bank of the broad Zambesi...
226. oldal - ... to give evidence on behalf of either or any of the parties to the suit in any court of justice.
38. oldal - Cabinet as President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint. The appointment was a popular one, especially in the City and with the House of Commons, where Mr.
222. oldal - ... and when completed shall be read over to the witness and signed by him in the presence of the parties, or such of them as may think fit to attend.
266. oldal - Fungus, that the effects are often very ludicrous. If a person under its influence wishes to step over a straw or small stick, he takes a stride or a jump sufficient to clear the trunk of a tree ; a talkative person cannot keep silence or secrets ; and one fond of music is perpetually singing.
144. oldal - Fasti Romani. The Civil and Literary Chronology of Rome and Constantinople, from the Death of Augustus to the Death of Heraclius.
185. oldal - Zealand as one end of the mighty wave of the unstable and ever-shifting crust of the earth, of which the opposite end, after having been long submerged, has again risen with its accumulated deposits in North America...
11. oldal - From this cloud rushed up a great jet of vapour exactly like steam, and it mounted 200 or 300 feet high ; there condensing, it changed its hue to that of dark smoke, and came back in a constant shower, which soon wetted us to the skin.
153. oldal - Notice of a discovery of a new fossil animal, forming a link between the Ichthyosaurus and the Crocodile; together with general remarks on the osteology of the Ichthyosaurus', Transactions of the Geological Society of London, ist series, vol.