A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, 2. kötetH.G. Bohn, 1846 |
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ix. oldal
... given quantity of water ; on the degree of expansion of water in the form of steam : and he constructed a boiler which showed the quantity of water evaporated in a given time , and thus en- abled him to calculate the quantity of steam ...
... given quantity of water ; on the degree of expansion of water in the form of steam : and he constructed a boiler which showed the quantity of water evaporated in a given time , and thus en- abled him to calculate the quantity of steam ...
7. oldal
... given in the affirmative , a considerable sum was soon collected by preaching , so that there was a sufficiency to open a lending- house . Notwithstanding this sanction , many were displeased with the design , and considered the ...
... given in the affirmative , a considerable sum was soon collected by preaching , so that there was a sufficiency to open a lending- house . Notwithstanding this sanction , many were displeased with the design , and considered the ...
13. oldal
... given their express approbation of them so far as they were consistent with the laws of the church . These words , he added , had been wickedly left out in the bulls which had been printed ; but he had heard them , and read them , in ...
... given their express approbation of them so far as they were consistent with the laws of the church . These words , he added , had been wickedly left out in the bulls which had been printed ; but he had heard them , and read them , in ...
16. oldal
... given , if the subscribers agreed that it should cease , and the capital fall to the bank after their death ; and sometimes low interest was given , but the security was heritable and could be transferred at pea- The former were called ...
... given , if the subscribers agreed that it should cease , and the capital fall to the bank after their death ; and sometimes low interest was given , but the security was heritable and could be transferred at pea- The former were called ...
23. oldal
... given first to the planets or to the metals ? When , where , and on what account were they made choice of ; and why were the metals named after the planets , or the planets after the metals ? The latter of these questions , in my ...
... given first to the planets or to the metals ? When , where , and on what account were they made choice of ; and why were the metals named after the planets , or the planets after the metals ? The latter of these questions , in my ...
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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...