The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Teil 1,Band 17Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... iron filings when stuck to a loadstone ; resembling the scoria from a black- smith's furnace . By calcination it becomes harder , and of a reddish brown color , but is not magnetic . It has a considerable specific gra- vity , does not ...
... iron filings when stuck to a loadstone ; resembling the scoria from a black- smith's furnace . By calcination it becomes harder , and of a reddish brown color , but is not magnetic . It has a considerable specific gra- vity , does not ...
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... iron . It is met with in the ci - devant provinces of Gascony and Dauphiny in France , and in some parts of England . It is employed by the French potters and enamellers in the glassy var- nish of their earthen wares . PERIGRAPHE , a ...
... iron . It is met with in the ci - devant provinces of Gascony and Dauphiny in France , and in some parts of England . It is employed by the French potters and enamellers in the glassy var- nish of their earthen wares . PERIGRAPHE , a ...
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... iron , lead , or zinc ; and even of ivory or ebony ; and supposed to act as mechanical stimuli , or as galvanic con ... iron , and salt of the mines . The inhabitants are a mixed race , partly Russian , and partly Finnish and Tartar ...
... iron , lead , or zinc ; and even of ivory or ebony ; and supposed to act as mechanical stimuli , or as galvanic con ... iron , and salt of the mines . The inhabitants are a mixed race , partly Russian , and partly Finnish and Tartar ...
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... Irons refrigerated north and south , not only ac- quire a directive faculty , but if cooled upright and perpendicularly , they will also obtain the same . Browne's Vulgar Errours . Shoot up an arrow perpendicularly from the earth , the ...
... Irons refrigerated north and south , not only ac- quire a directive faculty , but if cooled upright and perpendicularly , they will also obtain the same . Browne's Vulgar Errours . Shoot up an arrow perpendicularly from the earth , the ...
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... iron , silk , corks , & c . There is a very flourishing fold here , in which are 150 Thibetian goats . The public places are the library , containing 13,000 volumes , the cabinets of natural history and philosophy , the place d'armes ...
... iron , silk , corks , & c . There is a very flourishing fold here , in which are 150 Thibetian goats . The public places are the library , containing 13,000 volumes , the cabinets of natural history and philosophy , the place d'armes ...
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Seite 16 - I then did use the person of your father ; The image of his power lay then in me : And in the administration of his law, While I was busy for the commonwealth, Your highness pleased to forget my place.
Seite 334 - nation of that complexion, nor even an individual, eminent either in action or speculation. No ingenious manufactures amongst them, no arts, no sciences. On the other hand, the most rude and barbarous of the whites, such as the ancient Germans, the present Tartars, have still something eminent about them, in their valor, form of government, or some other
Seite 334 - For contemplation he and valor formed ; For softness she and sweet attractive grace. The cranium is very capacious, the area of the face bears to its area but a proportion of one to four, and projects little or not at all at the lower parts: the intellectual faculties
Seite 17 - A person is a thinking intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing in different times and places. Locke.
Seite 17 - It is hard to personate and act a part long ; for, where truth is not at the bottom, nature will always be endeavouring to return, and will peep out and betray herself one time or other. Tillotson.
Seite 46 - If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, Our labour must be to pervert that end, And out of good still to
Seite 76 - To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust the important charge, the petticoat ; Oft have we known that sevenfold fence to fail, Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of whale.
Seite 166 - Not so the pheasant on his charms presumes, Though he too has a glory in his plumes. He, christian-like, retreats with modest mien To the close copse, or far sequestered green, And shines without desiring to be seen.