The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Band 8Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... considered as mere appearances and illusions of sense . However , some learned men have supposed , that Xeno- phanes and his followers , speaking metaphysi- cally , understood by the universe or the one being , not the material world ...
... considered as mere appearances and illusions of sense . However , some learned men have supposed , that Xeno- phanes and his followers , speaking metaphysi- cally , understood by the universe or the one being , not the material world ...
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... considered as the father of electricity . 4. No further discoveries were made in this science of any importance till the year 1670 , when the celebrated Mr. Boyle much enlarged the list of electrics , and by experiment discovered that ...
... considered as the father of electricity . 4. No further discoveries were made in this science of any importance till the year 1670 , when the celebrated Mr. Boyle much enlarged the list of electrics , and by experiment discovered that ...
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... considered . This was peculiarly the case with Sig . Volta , 32. M. Alpinus , a member of the Imperial professor of natural philosophy at Como in Italy . Academy at St. Petersburgh , seems to have been . He invented the electrophorus ...
... considered . This was peculiarly the case with Sig . Volta , 32. M. Alpinus , a member of the Imperial professor of natural philosophy at Como in Italy . Academy at St. Petersburgh , seems to have been . He invented the electrophorus ...
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... considered as an indication of the presence and action of electricity , and is the basis of all its Electricians formerly , says Mr. Singer , employed for such trials a light wooden or metal needle , supported by its centre on a point ...
... considered as an indication of the presence and action of electricity , and is the basis of all its Electricians formerly , says Mr. Singer , employed for such trials a light wooden or metal needle , supported by its centre on a point ...
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... considered merely as diminishing with the distance ; but by the experiments of Coulomb it was proved that the electrical force , like that of gravity , is in the inverse ratio of the squares of the distance . The instrument with which ...
... considered merely as diminishing with the distance ; but by the experiments of Coulomb it was proved that the electrical force , like that of gravity , is in the inverse ratio of the squares of the distance . The instrument with which ...
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Seite 195 - see in needleworks and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Bacon.
Seite 214 - This purifying of wit, this enriching of memory enabling of judgment, and enlarging of conceit, which commonly we call learning; under what name soever it be directed, the final end is, to lead and draw us to as high perfection as our degenerate souls (made worse by their clay lodgings^, can be capable of.
Seite 191 - away with the same, or any part thereof; every such offender shall be deemed to have feloniously stolen the same from his master or employer, for whose use, or on whose account, the same was delivered to, or taken into the possession of such servant, clerk, or other person so employed,
Seite 389 - took an excellent way. That part of the Bible was given to him, who was most excellent in such a tongue : as the Apocrypha to Andrew Downs ; and then they met together, and one read the translation, the rest holding in their hands some Bible, either of the learned tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian,
Seite 408 - What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards ? Alas ! not all the blood of all the Howards. Pope. What docs he not, from lusts opposed in vain. And self-reproaching conscience ? He foresees The fatal issue to his health,
Seite 334 - I, John, by the grace of God king of England, and lord of Ireland, in order to expiate my sins, from my own free will, and the advice of my barons, give to the church of Rome, to pope Innocent, and his successors, the kingdom of England, and all other prerogatives
Seite 208 - Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest hit, Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted miad With worthy thoughts of that unwearied
Seite 404 - A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world ; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them. Addison. He shall never truly enjoy his present hour, who never thinks on his last.
Seite 225 - Lo ! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves Beneath the precipice o'erhung with pine And sees, on high, amidst the' encircling groves. From cliff to cliff the foaming torrents shine : While waters, woods, and winds, in concert join, And Echo swells the chorus to the skies.
Seite 389 - If they found any fault, they spoke ; if not, he read on. There is no book so translated as the Bible for the purpose. If I translate a French book into English, I turn it into English phrase, not into FrenchEnglish. Il fait froid ; I say,