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, المجلد 8Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... called truth , and that concerning physical or corporeal things , called opinion ; with respect to the former , there was one immoveable principle , but in the latter two that were moveable , viz . fire and earth , or heat and cold ; in ...
... called truth , and that concerning physical or corporeal things , called opinion ; with respect to the former , there was one immoveable principle , but in the latter two that were moveable , viz . fire and earth , or heat and cold ; in ...
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... called by the name of electron , long before it was known to possess the magnetic property of attraction . Perhaps it was so called from its bright and shining ap- pearance . But , whatever may be the etymology of the term , it is now ...
... called by the name of electron , long before it was known to possess the magnetic property of attraction . Perhaps it was so called from its bright and shining ap- pearance . But , whatever may be the etymology of the term , it is now ...
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... called an electric . 44. This suspended needle , and every other contrivance for the same purpose , they called an electroscope , when employed to indicate the ex- istence of electricity ; and an electrometer when considered as a ...
... called an electric . 44. This suspended needle , and every other contrivance for the same purpose , they called an electroscope , when employed to indicate the ex- istence of electricity ; and an electrometer when considered as a ...
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... called an elec- trical machine . To excite positive electricity , a glass tube , of about an inch in diameter and two feet long , is generally used ; the excitation is produced by rubbing it lengthwise by a piece of dry oiled silk ...
... called an elec- trical machine . To excite positive electricity , a glass tube , of about an inch in diameter and two feet long , is generally used ; the excitation is produced by rubbing it lengthwise by a piece of dry oiled silk ...
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... called electrical sparks . 2. Bright sparks pass between either of the conductors and the knuckle , or any smooth uninsulated sub- stance presented to them at a moderate distance ; and if received on the knuckle , or any part of the ...
... called electrical sparks . 2. Bright sparks pass between either of the conductors and the knuckle , or any smooth uninsulated sub- stance presented to them at a moderate distance ; and if received on the knuckle , or any part of the ...
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الصفحة 180 - Christ was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what that word did make it, That I believe and take it.
الصفحة 218 - Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love That plann'd, and built, and still upholds a world So clothed with beauty for rebellious man...
الصفحة 205 - We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed: for Prosperity doth best discover vice, but Adversity doth best discover virtue.
الصفحة 430 - Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown : He raised a mortal to the skies: She drew an angel down.
الصفحة 398 - Fathers, being agreeable to the propriety of the place, and the analogy of faith. — 5. The division of the chapters to be altered either not at all, or as little as may be, if necessity so require it. — 6. No marginal notes at all to be affixed, but only for the explanation of the Hebrew or Greek words, which cannot, without some circumlocution, so briefly and fitly be expressed in the text.
الصفحة 398 - ... reasons; to which if they consent not, the difference to be compounded at the general meeting, which is to be of the chief persons of each company at the end of the work.
الصفحة 188 - And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent THE HARP THE MONARCH MINSTREL SWEPT.
الصفحة 8 - And be it further enacted, that no person in holy orders in the chnrch of Rome shall be capable of being elected to serve in parliament as a member of the house of commons...
الصفحة 398 - Bible: Tindale's, Matthew's, Coverdale's, Whitchurch's, Geneva. 15. Besides the said directors before mentioned, three or four of the most ancient and grave divines in either of the universities, not employed in translating, to be assigned by the Vice-Chancellor upon conference with the rest of the Heads to be overseers of the translations, as well Hebrew as Greek, for the better observation of the fourth rule above specified.
الصفحة 213 - I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly...