The Annual biography and obituary, 14. kötet1830 |
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18. oldal
... labour in surmounting . Perhaps no officer in the service gave juniors so many opportunities of distinguishing themselves , and of obtaining ' promotion , as Sir William Hoste . As we have before noticed , when he could not employ his ...
... labour in surmounting . Perhaps no officer in the service gave juniors so many opportunities of distinguishing themselves , and of obtaining ' promotion , as Sir William Hoste . As we have before noticed , when he could not employ his ...
35. oldal
... labour boys came down from the mountains , and wanted to carry me up with them , on their return , on their shoulders . The liberated Africans are a class of the population the most interesting to me ; therefore there is no fear of ...
... labour boys came down from the mountains , and wanted to carry me up with them , on their return , on their shoulders . The liberated Africans are a class of the population the most interesting to me ; therefore there is no fear of ...
52. oldal
... labours of one another , and teach us to judge with diffidence of the results of science . A discovery which may appear incapable of application to - day , may be our glory to- morrow , and even wield the destiny of nations . The conic ...
... labours of one another , and teach us to judge with diffidence of the results of science . A discovery which may appear incapable of application to - day , may be our glory to- morrow , and even wield the destiny of nations . The conic ...
56. oldal
... labours , from the opinion entertained of them by contemporary fo- reigners ; who , being unbiassed by circumstances of per- sonality or rivalry , will reduce every object to its just propor- tions and proper value . If such a standard ...
... labours , from the opinion entertained of them by contemporary fo- reigners ; who , being unbiassed by circumstances of per- sonality or rivalry , will reduce every object to its just propor- tions and proper value . If such a standard ...
65. oldal
... labours , we shall next offer an account of his method for preventing the corrosion of the copper sheath- ing of ships by sea - water ; which being founded upon Voltaic principles , must be considered as properly falling under the head ...
... labours , we shall next offer an account of his method for preventing the corrosion of the copper sheath- ing of ships by sea - water ; which being founded upon Voltaic principles , must be considered as properly falling under the head ...
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action Admiral afterwards Amphion appeared appointed army arrived attack Baird Bakerian Lecture became Bewick British Captain Wood Cattaro character chemical chemistry circumstances command copper Court daughter Davy death discovery Duke duty Earl Earl of Buchan Earl of Huntingdon Edinburgh electricity eminent enemy enemy's engaged England English engraving Experiments favour Fitz-Gerald Fletcher formed French frigate Gentleman's Magazine Ghadamis Harrison honour House Hyder island labours Lady late letter Lieutenant London Lord Lordship Majesty's Major-General manner memoir ment merit metallic military mind Miss Farren nature never Observations obtained occasion officers philosopher possession present proceeded produced published rank received Reeves regiment remarkable respect returned to England royal medal Royal Society Scotland Seringapatam ships Sierra Leone Sir Edward West Sir Humphry soon Spencer squadron success Terry Thomas Bewick Timbuctoo tion took Tripoli troops William Hoste Wollaston
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415. oldal - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
387. oldal - On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation ; illustrating such work by all reasonable arguments ; as for instance the variety and formation of God's creatures in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms ; the effect of digestion, and thereby of conversion ; the construction of the hand of man, and an infinite variety of other arguments ; as also by discoveries ancient and modern, in arts, sciences, and the whole extent of literature.
153. oldal - Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi, sed omnes illacrymabiles Urgentur, ignotique longa Nocte, carent quia vate sacro.
381. oldal - A finite and exact Expression for the Refraction of an Atmosphere nearly resembling that of the Earth. Phil. Trans. 1824-, p. 159: a computation derived from an optical hypothesis not exactly agreeing with the probable height of the physical atmosphere, but affording correct results.
59. oldal - ... in a state of intense activity ; and a platina wire, communicating with the positive side, was brought in contact with the upper surface of the alkali. The whole apparatus was in the open atmosphere.
62. oldal - In sciences kindred to chemistry, the knowledge of the nature of the alkalies, and the analogies arising in consequence, will open many new views; they may lead to the solution of many problems in geology, and shew that agents may have operated in the formation of rocks and earths which have not hitherto been suspected to exist.
378. oldal - Remarks on the Employment of Oblique Riders, and on other Alterations in the Construction of Ships. Phil. Trans. 1814, p. 303; the substance of a Report before presented to the Board of Admiralty, relating to Sir Robert Sepping's Improvements, with some additional illustrations.
164. oldal - For the repeated thanks and grants bestowed upon you by this house, in gratitude for your many and eminent services, you have thought fit this day to offer us your acknowledgments; but this nation well knows that it is still largely your debtor. It owes to you the proud satisfaction, that amidst the constellation of illustrious warriors, who have recently visited our country...
83. oldal - The Bakerian Lecture, on some of the Combinations of Oxymuriatic Gas and Oxygen, and on the Chemical Relations of these Principles to inflammable Bodies.
180. oldal - Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods ; And time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in.