A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, 2. kötetH.G. Bohn, 1846 |
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24. oldal
... conjecture , from rude nations worshiping the sun , which , on account of his benefi- cent and necessary influence ... conjectures that can be formed in answer to this ques- tion , the following appears to me the most probable . The ...
... conjecture , from rude nations worshiping the sun , which , on account of his benefi- cent and necessary influence ... conjectures that can be formed in answer to this ques- tion , the following appears to me the most probable . The ...
25. oldal
... conjecture of Borrichius , that the transcribers of Origen have , either through ignorance or design , transposed the names of the gods , is highly probable : for if we reflect that in this nomination men at first differed as much as in ...
... conjecture of Borrichius , that the transcribers of Origen have , either through ignorance or design , transposed the names of the gods , is highly probable : for if we reflect that in this nomination men at first differed as much as in ...
32. oldal
... conjecture , because it has not been distinguished by a che- mical character like the rest ; but it is fully proved , by our not finding in the works of the ancients any information that appears even to allude to it . I know but of one ...
... conjecture , because it has not been distinguished by a che- mical character like the rest ; but it is fully proved , by our not finding in the works of the ancients any information that appears even to allude to it . I know but of one ...
35. oldal
... conjecture only from their effects , or perhaps they were induced to do so from observing that furnace - calamine was not produced but when the different kinds of cadmia , as they were called , were melted ; that is , when yellow and ...
... conjecture only from their effects , or perhaps they were induced to do so from observing that furnace - calamine was not produced but when the different kinds of cadmia , as they were called , were melted ; that is , when yellow and ...
37. oldal
... conjectures respect- ing the origin and component parts of this vitriol ; but it de- serves to be remarked , that Henkel and Neumann3 observed in it a mixture of zinc , by which Brandt , a member of the Swedish council of mines , was ...
... conjectures respect- ing the origin and component parts of this vitriol ; but it de- serves to be remarked , that Henkel and Neumann3 observed in it a mixture of zinc , by which Brandt , a member of the Swedish council of mines , was ...
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335. oldal - Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home. Being once quipped for that frequent using of my forke by a certain learned Gentleman, a familiar friend of mine, one Mr.
175. oldal - French school of historical scholars, at the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth century...
334. oldal - I observed a custome in all those Italian cities and townes through the which I passed, that is not used in any other country that I saw in my travels ; neither do I think that any other nation of Christendome doth use it, but only Italy.
79. oldal - In the fourth century, when bishop Theophilus broke to pieces the statues at Alexandria, he found some which were hollow, and placed in such a manner against a wall that a priest could slip unperceived behind them, and speak to the ignorant populace through their mouths...
283. oldal - Henry VIII. wore ordinarily cloth hose, except there came from Spain, by great chance, a pair of silk stockings. King Edward, his son, was presented with a pair of long Spanish silk stockings by Sir Thomas Gresham, his merchant, and the present was taken much notice of.
334. oldal - For while with their knife, which they hold in one hand, they cut the meate out of the dish, they fasten their forke, which they hold in their other hand, upon the same dish, so that whatsoever he be that, sitting in the company of any others at...
283. oldal - Burdet, having accidentally seen in the shop of an Italian merchant a pair of knit worsted stockings, procured from Mantua, and having borrowed them, made a pair exactly like them, and these were the first stockings knit in England of woollen yarn. From this...
57. oldal - Tarn leve nee bombyx pendulus urget opus. Crassior in facie vetulae stat creta Fabullae: Crassior offensae bulla tumescit aquae. Fortior et tortos servat vesica capillos, Et mutat Latias spuma Batava comas.