A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, 2. kötetH.G. Bohn, 1846 |
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23. oldal
... copper , iron , gold , 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 ...
... copper , iron , gold , 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 ...
25. oldal
... copper ; the fourth of iron ; the fifth of a mixed metal ; the sixth of 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 ...
... copper ; the fourth of iron ; the fifth of a mixed metal ; the sixth of 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 ...
27. oldal
... copper , or brass , the principal component part of which is indeed copper ; to Mercury tin ; and to Jupiter electrum . The last - mentioned metal was a mixture of gold and silver ; and on this account was probably considered to be a ...
... copper , or brass , the principal component part of which is indeed copper ; to Mercury tin ; and to Jupiter electrum . The last - mentioned metal was a mixture of gold and silver ; and on this account was probably considered to be a ...
28. oldal
... copper , the possible change of which into gold is expressed by the character 9. The cha- racter declares the like honourable affinity also ; though , the half - cross is applied in a more concealed manner ; for , according to the most ...
... copper , the possible change of which into gold is expressed by the character 9. The cha- racter declares the like honourable affinity also ; though , the half - cross is applied in a more concealed manner ; for , according to the most ...
31. oldal
... Copper ..... 5. Mercury 6. Lead ... 7. Tin 27. Cerium D 28. Potassium 29. Sodium . 30. Barium 31. Strontium h32 . Calcium ...... .. 8. Antimony , Basil Valentine 1490 . 9. Bismuth 10. Zinc ...... Hisinger 1804 . ... Davy ......... 1807 ...
... Copper ..... 5. Mercury 6. Lead ... 7. Tin 27. Cerium D 28. Potassium 29. Sodium . 30. Barium 31. Strontium h32 . Calcium ...... .. 8. Antimony , Basil Valentine 1490 . 9. Bismuth 10. Zinc ...... Hisinger 1804 . ... Davy ......... 1807 ...
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vi. oldal - I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty feet high. One vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water ; and a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that, one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill with cold water, and so successively, the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim, between the necessity of turning the said cocks.
261. oldal - French school of historical scholars, at the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth century...
501. oldal - For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
vi. oldal - An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire, not by drawing or sucking it upwards, for that must be as the philosopher calleth it, infra spheeram activitatis, which is but at such a distance. But this way hath no bounder, if the vessels be strong enough ; for I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it...
413. 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.
93. 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.
361. 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.
361. 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 testimony, it has been hitherto believed in England that knit stockings were first made known there under Henry VIII.
448. oldal - ... also that the reception of the child will in all probability be the means of replacing the mother in the course of virtue and the way of an honest livelihood.
413. oldal - I myself thought good to imitate the 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...