An Epitome of the Arts and Sciences: Being a Comprehensive System of the Elementary Parts of an Useful and Polite Education : Adapted to the Use of Schools in the United StatesWilliam Duane, 1811 - 324 من الصفحات |
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... 238 Table of the planetary pro- portions , distances , and pe- riods 240 • Fixed stars 244 LESSON IV . Comets 247 Eclipses 249 LESSON V. Of Air 250 the Winds 251 the Monsoons 252 LESSON VI . Tides 254 Clouds , Mists , and vi CONTENTS .
... 238 Table of the planetary pro- portions , distances , and pe- riods 240 • Fixed stars 244 LESSON IV . Comets 247 Eclipses 249 LESSON V. Of Air 250 the Winds 251 the Monsoons 252 LESSON VI . Tides 254 Clouds , Mists , and vi CONTENTS .
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... Clouds , Mists , and Dew Rain • Hail and Snow 255 · 256 257 Thunder and Lightning 258 • LESSON VII . Earthquakes . • 259 Volcanoes 260 LESSON VIII . Water Spouts 263 the Iris or Rainbow , and Ha los • 265 LESSON IX . Electricity 268 ...
... Clouds , Mists , and Dew Rain • Hail and Snow 255 · 256 257 Thunder and Lightning 258 • LESSON VII . Earthquakes . • 259 Volcanoes 260 LESSON VIII . Water Spouts 263 the Iris or Rainbow , and Ha los • 265 LESSON IX . Electricity 268 ...
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... clouds , aurora borealis , what is usually called falling stars , and the rainbow is a meteor . 2. How are they treated of ? A. Meteorology is reduced to a science , and ' into three classes or kinds : 1 , igneous or fiery ; 2 , aerial ...
... clouds , aurora borealis , what is usually called falling stars , and the rainbow is a meteor . 2. How are they treated of ? A. Meteorology is reduced to a science , and ' into three classes or kinds : 1 , igneous or fiery ; 2 , aerial ...
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... clouds drop fatness , & c . 2. What are figures ? A. Some of them regard the meaning of words ; as , if we ride , let's ride , i . e . go forward ; some depend on the sound , as he is not a friend , but a fiend ; some refer to the order ...
... clouds drop fatness , & c . 2. What are figures ? A. Some of them regard the meaning of words ; as , if we ride , let's ride , i . e . go forward ; some depend on the sound , as he is not a friend , but a fiend ; some refer to the order ...
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... other benefit but that of light ? A. Yes ; it ripens the fruits of the earth by its heat . 2. Why is not the sun always visible after it rises ? A. A thick cloud will sometimes conceal it from our 236 AN EPITOME OF THE.
... other benefit but that of light ? A. Yes ; it ripens the fruits of the earth by its heat . 2. Why is not the sun always visible after it rises ? A. A thick cloud will sometimes conceal it from our 236 AN EPITOME OF THE.
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الصفحة ii - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners.
الصفحة 19 - Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War...
الصفحة 268 - To the top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixed a very sharp-pointed wire, rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine, next the hand, is to be tied a silk ribbon, and where the silk and twine join, a key may be fastened.
الصفحة 268 - ... ribbon may not be wet ; and care must be taken that the twine does not touch the frame of the door or window. As soon as any of the thunderclouds come over the kite the pointed wire will draw the electric fire from them...
الصفحة 13 - This will cause the air at the equator to stand more than seven miles higher from the surface of the earth to the top of the atmosphere than at the north pole.
الصفحة 268 - This kite is to be raised when a thunder-gust appears to be coming on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door or window, or under some cover so that the silk ribbon may not be wet, and care must be taken that the twine does not touch the frame of the door or window.
الصفحة 19 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell...
الصفحة 268 - As soon as any of the thunder clouds come over the kite, the pointed wire will draw the electric fire from them, and the kite, with all the twine, will be electrified, and the loose filaments of the twine will stand out every way, and be attracted by an approaching finger. And when the rain has wet the kite and twine, so that it can conduct the electric fire freely, you will find it stream out plentifully from the key on the approach of your knuckle.
الصفحة 47 - But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill...
الصفحة 268 - Make a small cross of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reach to the four corners of a large thin silk handkerchief when extended ; tie the corners of the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross, so you have the body of a kite ; which, being properly accommodated with a tail, loop, and string, will rise in the air, like those made of paper; but this being of silk is fitter to bear the wet and wind of a thundergust without tearing.