A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Band 10Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... parallel to each other , the coal - gas from the Imperial Gas Works , the other from that at Bow . Being burned so as to afford the same intensity of light , the quantities were found by accurate metres to be ( taking the mean of seven ...
... parallel to each other , the coal - gas from the Imperial Gas Works , the other from that at Bow . Being burned so as to afford the same intensity of light , the quantities were found by accurate metres to be ( taking the mean of seven ...
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... parallel with Britain . For all the geographers of this period made Britain a tri- angular island , of which the southern point was but little distant from the northern coast of Spain . The Cassiterides were therefore evi- dently the ...
... parallel with Britain . For all the geographers of this period made Britain a tri- angular island , of which the southern point was but little distant from the northern coast of Spain . The Cassiterides were therefore evi- dently the ...
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... parallel to the Atlantic ; and forms the Alleghany and Appalachian Mountains , at the back of the United States . North America is thus divided into two high , and three low land , districts . Of the latter the two which are between the ...
... parallel to the Atlantic ; and forms the Alleghany and Appalachian Mountains , at the back of the United States . North America is thus divided into two high , and three low land , districts . Of the latter the two which are between the ...
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... parallel to itself . It is by the parallelism of the axis , and the an- nual motion of the earth , that the changes of the seasons are produced , while by the diurnal mo- tion all places on the earth's surface are alter- nately turned ...
... parallel to itself . It is by the parallelism of the axis , and the an- nual motion of the earth , that the changes of the seasons are produced , while by the diurnal mo- tion all places on the earth's surface are alter- nately turned ...
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... parallel ; or they could only be consi- dered as meeting at an infinite distance ; but , in proportion as this arc became curved , they would meet at a distance so much the less , as the cur- vature of the arc was the greater . Hence it ...
... parallel ; or they could only be consi- dered as meeting at an infinite distance ; but , in proportion as this arc became curved , they would meet at a distance so much the less , as the cur- vature of the arc was the greater . Hence it ...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature ... Thomas Curtis Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
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Seite 344 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Seite 359 - I am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast He was. We were. You were. They were.
Seite 34 - tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Seite 277 - scaped the wrangling crew, From Pyrrho's maze, and Epicurus' sty ; And held high converse with the godlike few, Who to the enraptured heart, and ear, and eye, Teach beauty, virtue, truth, and love, and melody.
Seite 164 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Seite 392 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Seite 271 - Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where, Where are thy men of might ? thy grand in soul ? Gone — glimmering through the dream of things that were...
Seite 317 - O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads, And drink the falling tears each other sheds...
Seite 292 - But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
Seite 394 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.