The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 1, Volume 21Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... experiments , that the common mussel , and some other shell - fish of the sea , possess the art of spinning in a great degree of perfection . But he observes that , though the workmanship is the same , the manner of producing it is very ...
... experiments , that the common mussel , and some other shell - fish of the sea , possess the art of spinning in a great degree of perfection . But he observes that , though the workmanship is the same , the manner of producing it is very ...
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... experiments in which it has been removed in animals . The inferences , however , to which we arrive in this way ... experiment of re- moving the spleen seems to have been performed very anciently . Pliny says that animals will live after ...
... experiments in which it has been removed in animals . The inferences , however , to which we arrive in this way ... experiment of re- moving the spleen seems to have been performed very anciently . Pliny says that animals will live after ...
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... experiment , and always with the same result . Who now will doubt that the frequency of fires in cow - houses , which in those parts are mostly wooden buildings , is occasioned by this practice , of binding roasted bran about the necks ...
... experiment , and always with the same result . Who now will doubt that the frequency of fires in cow - houses , which in those parts are mostly wooden buildings , is occasioned by this practice , of binding roasted bran about the necks ...
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... experiment to the Imperial Academy of Sciences ; who appointed Mr. Georgi , a very learned adjunct of the academy , to make farther experiments on the subject . Three pounds of Russian fir - black were slowly impregnated with five ...
... experiment to the Imperial Academy of Sciences ; who appointed Mr. Georgi , a very learned adjunct of the academy , to make farther experiments on the subject . Three pounds of Russian fir - black were slowly impregnated with five ...
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... experiment , is able to supply . Another observation was made by them , that the quantity of water raised in vapor , one year with another , amounted to about thirty - two inches , which is thirteen more than falls in rain a plain ...
... experiment , is able to supply . Another observation was made by them , that the quantity of water raised in vapor , one year with another , amounted to about thirty - two inches , which is thirteen more than falls in rain a plain ...
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 79 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...