A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, 2. kötetH.G. Bohn, 1846 |
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21. oldal
... silver . From 1833 to 1838 the number of pawnbrokers in the me- tropolitan district increased from 368 to 386 ; in the rest of England and Wales , from 1083 to 1194 ; and in Scotland , from 52 to 88 ; making a total of 1668 ...
... silver . From 1833 to 1838 the number of pawnbrokers in the me- tropolitan district increased from 368 to 386 ; in the rest of England and Wales , from 1083 to 1194 ; and in Scotland , from 52 to 88 ; making a total of 1668 ...
23. oldal
... silver , lead , quicksilver and tin , received the same names as the nearest heavenly bodies , which appear to us largest , and have been distinguished by the like characters , two questions arise : Whether these names and characters ...
... silver , lead , quicksilver and tin , received the same names as the nearest heavenly bodies , which appear to us largest , and have been distinguished by the like characters , two questions arise : Whether these names and characters ...
25. oldal
... silver , and the seventh of gold . The leaden gate had the slow tedious motion of Saturn ; the tin gate the lustre and gentleness of Venus ; the third was dedicated to Jupiter ; the fourth to Mercury , on account of his strength and ...
... silver , and the seventh of gold . The leaden gate had the slow tedious motion of Saturn ; the tin gate the lustre and gentleness of Venus ; the third was dedicated to Jupiter ; the fourth to Mercury , on account of his strength and ...
26. oldal
... silver one on Monday ; the iron one on Tuesday , and so of the rest . Allu- sion to this nomination of the metals after the gods occurs here and there in the ancients . Didymus , in his Explanation of the Iliad , calls the planet Mars ...
... silver one on Monday ; the iron one on Tuesday , and so of the rest . Allu- sion to this nomination of the metals after the gods occurs here and there in the ancients . Didymus , in his Explanation of the Iliad , calls the planet Mars ...
27. oldal
... silver ; and on this account was probably considered to be a distinct metal , because in early periods mankind were unacquainted with the art of separating these noble inetals3 . The characters by which the planets and metals are gene ...
... silver ; and on this account was probably considered to be a distinct metal , because in early periods mankind were unacquainted with the art of separating these noble inetals3 . The characters by which the planets and metals are gene ...
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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.