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 21Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... four Parts , or half Volumes , royal 8vo . price 88. in boards , each Part containing as much matter as any part of imilar works published at one guinea . 2. A Part , containing 384 pages and seven - en- gravings , will be published on ...
... four Parts , or half Volumes , royal 8vo . price 88. in boards , each Part containing as much matter as any part of imilar works published at one guinea . 2. A Part , containing 384 pages and seven - en- gravings , will be published on ...
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... four quantities b , r , y , z , by means of the proportion bry : z . = When the ends of the frustum are perpendicu- lar to the fixed axis , then a is f , and the value of the frustum becomes prrx x 3ff — x x for the value of the frustum ...
... four quantities b , r , y , z , by means of the proportion bry : z . = When the ends of the frustum are perpendicu- lar to the fixed axis , then a is f , and the value of the frustum becomes prrx x 3ff — x x for the value of the frustum ...
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... four solids will be continual pro- portionals , and the common ratio will be that of the two axes of the ellipse ; that is , as the greater sphere , or the sphere upon the greater axis , is to the oblate spheroid , so is the oblate ...
... four solids will be continual pro- portionals , and the common ratio will be that of the two axes of the ellipse ; that is , as the greater sphere , or the sphere upon the greater axis , is to the oblate spheroid , so is the oblate ...
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... four cornered ; all the leaves opposite Dr. Garden , in a letter to the late Dr. Hope , professor of botany in the univer- sity of Edinburgh , dated 1763 , gives the follow- ing account of the virtues of this plant : - About forty years ...
... four cornered ; all the leaves opposite Dr. Garden , in a letter to the late Dr. Hope , professor of botany in the univer- sity of Edinburgh , dated 1763 , gives the follow- ing account of the virtues of this plant : - About forty years ...
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... four drachms , twice a day . I have found that , by keeping , the plant loses its virtue in part ; for forty grains of the root which has not been gathered about two months will operate as strongly as sixty which has been kept for ...
... four drachms , twice a day . I have found that , by keeping , the plant loses its virtue in part ; for forty grains of the root which has not been gathered about two months will operate as strongly as sixty which has been kept for ...
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Seite 342 - Religion agreed upon by the Archbishops and Bishops of both provinces, and the whole Clergy in the Convocation holden at London, in the year of our Lord...
Seite 284 - O could I flow like thee ! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ; Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full.
Seite 79 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same...
Seite 13 - Per substantiam intelligo id, quod in se est et per se concipitur; hoc est id, cujus conceptus non indiget conceptu alterius rei, a quo formari debeat.
Seite 320 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Seite 116 - 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...
Seite 343 - Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair: The doubtful beam long nods from side to side; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. See fierce Belinda on the baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes: Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die.
Seite 9 - But whether thus these things, or whether not; Whether the sun, predominant in heaven, Rise on the earth ; or earth rise on the sun • He from the east his flaming road begin; Or she from west her silent course advance, With inoffensive pace that spinning sleeps On her soft axle, while she paces even, And bears thee soft with the smooth air along; Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid; Leave them to God above.
Seite 144 - I use two steam vessels in which the steam is to act, and which in other steam engines are called cylinders. Secondly, — I employ the steam after it has acted in the first vessel to operate a second time in the other, by permitting it to expand itself, which I do by connecting the vessels together and forming proper channels and apertures, whereby the steam shall, occasionally, go in and out of the said vessels.
Seite 224 - ... that upon the trial of any peer or peeress either for treason or misprision all the peers who have a right to sit and vote in Parliament...