Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 |
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Página 217 - ... a hazel, of different sizes and strength, only they were forked branches, and hazel was preferred, as forking more equally than most other trees ; but it is not requisite that the angle should be of any particular number of degrees. He held the ends of the twigs between each fore finger and thumb, with the vertex pointing downwards. Standing where there was no water, the baguette remained motionless; walking gradually to the spot where the spring was under...
Página 217 - A la Baguette. This account was received with unbelief, almost amounting to derision. The Marquis, piqued at being discredited, sent for the man, and requested we would witness the experiment. A large party of French and English accordingly attended. The man was quite a peasant in manners and appearance : he produced some twigs cut from a hazel, of different sizes and strength, only they were forked branches, and hazel was preferred, as forking more equally than most other trees ; but it is not requisite...
Página 121 - But a considerable part of this water, perhaps three fourths, immediately runs off: so that no more than 405000 forces its way through the earth and sandy soil, till it meets with a bed of clay at the depth of two or three feet, from which it flows to the mouth of the fountain, and feeds it. If...
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Página 353 - To melt Iron in a Moment and make it run into Drops. BRING a bar of iron to a white heat, and then apply to it a roll of sulphur. The iron will immediately melt, and run into drops. This experiment should be performed over a basin of water, in which the drops that fall down will be quenched.