A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and Derivations of the Scientific Terms in General Use, Together with the History and Descriptions of the Scientific Principles of Nearly Every Branch of Human Knowledge, Band 3William Thomas Brande, George William Cox Longmans, Green and Company, 1867 |
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... greater or less than the mean semi - axis . When this radius and the mean semi - axis are equal , the polhode degenerates into two equal ellipses whose planes intersect in the mean axis . The orthogonal projection of a polhode on the ...
... greater or less than the mean semi - axis . When this radius and the mean semi - axis are equal , the polhode degenerates into two equal ellipses whose planes intersect in the mean axis . The orthogonal projection of a polhode on the ...
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... greater dexterity in workmen , more unbroken continuity , and greater economy . This is the more manifest , when the division operates in the direction of aiding and supple- menting industry by the addition of mechanical Another ...
... greater dexterity in workmen , more unbroken continuity , and greater economy . This is the more manifest , when the division operates in the direction of aiding and supple- menting industry by the addition of mechanical Another ...
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... greater number of philo- sleep : they are very tenacious of life , and sophical writers have sought for a justifi- fall into a kind of torpidity by excess of cation of the practice in the East . Voltaire , dryness , heat , or cold . The ...
... greater number of philo- sleep : they are very tenacious of life , and sophical writers have sought for a justifi- fall into a kind of torpidity by excess of cation of the practice in the East . Voltaire , dryness , heat , or cold . The ...
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... greater than twenty years ago . Nor can there be a doubt , that , if agricultural and other labourers would exer- cise the same prudence in postponing their marriage which is practised in every other condition of life , by abstaining ...
... greater than twenty years ago . Nor can there be a doubt , that , if agricultural and other labourers would exer- cise the same prudence in postponing their marriage which is practised in every other condition of life , by abstaining ...
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... greater part of the residuum or ash of burnt wood , from which it is obtained by lixiviation . It is brought to this country from Russia and America , under the names of pearlash and potash , and consists of 47 potassa +22 carbonic acid ...
... greater part of the residuum or ash of burnt wood , from which it is obtained by lixiviation . It is brought to this country from Russia and America , under the names of pearlash and potash , and consists of 47 potassa +22 carbonic acid ...
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Seite 325 - There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord. Those five commonly called Sacraments, that is to say, Confirmation, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and extreme Unction, are not to be counted for Sacraments of the Gospel...
Seite 427 - It is a rule in law, when the ancestor by any gift or conveyance takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee or in tail; that always in such cases, 'the heirs' are words of limitation of the estate, and not words of purchase.
Seite 325 - Sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges or tokens of Christian men's profession, but rather they be certain sure witnesses, and effectual signs of grace, and God's good will towards us, by the which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also strengthen and confirm our Faith in him.
Seite 362 - Parliament, that all barons and substantial freeholders throughout the realm should send their children to school from the age of six to nine years, and then to other seminaries to be instructed in the laws; that the country might be possessed of persons properly qualified to discharge the duties of sheriffs, and to fill other civil offices.
Seite 44 - Predestination to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Seite 28 - Positive philosophy maintains that, within the existing order of the Universe, or rather of the part of it known to us, the direct determining cause of every phenomenon is not supernatural but natural. It is compatible with this to believe that the universe was created and even that it is continuously governed by an Intelligence, provided we admit that the intelligent Governor adheres to fixed laws, which are only modified or counteracted by other laws of the same dispensation, and are never either...
Seite 214 - A recognizance is an obligation of record, which a man enters into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized)', with condition to do some particular act; as to appear at the assizes, to keep the peace, to pay a debt, or the like.
Seite 5 - England, there are very probable reasons for believing, has not only sacrificed a part of the absolute advantage which she, as well as every other nation, might have derived from that trade, but has subjected herself both to an absolute and to a relative disadvantage in almost every other branch of trade. When by the...
Seite 96 - Indeed, by the statute 31 Hen. VIII. c. 8, it was enacted, that the king's proclamations should have the force of acts of parliament; a statute which was calculated to introduce the most despotic tyranny, and which must have proved fatal to the liberties of this kingdom, had it not been luckily repealed in the minority of his successor, about five years after (e).
Seite 113 - Four quantities are said to be proportional when thejatio of the first to the second is the same as the ratio of the third to the fourth.