Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Volumen 17 |
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... give the descending stroke of the piston a certain force and finally , the elasticity of steam at different temperatures . All these investigations would have occupied the lifetime of a laborious philosopher ; whilst Watt brought all ...
... give the descending stroke of the piston a certain force and finally , the elasticity of steam at different temperatures . All these investigations would have occupied the lifetime of a laborious philosopher ; whilst Watt brought all ...
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... give out its latent heat ; this would raise the temperature of the condensing water ; * from the heated water , vapour would rise ; and this vapour , in addition to the atmospheric air which would be disengaged from the injected water ...
... give out its latent heat ; this would raise the temperature of the condensing water ; * from the heated water , vapour would rise ; and this vapour , in addition to the atmospheric air which would be disengaged from the injected water ...
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... give an impulse to mining specu- lations . New mines were opened ; and old mines , which could not be profitably worked when taxed with such a consumption of fuel for draining as Newcomen's engines required , now yielded a 19 LIFE OF ...
... give an impulse to mining specu- lations . New mines were opened ; and old mines , which could not be profitably worked when taxed with such a consumption of fuel for draining as Newcomen's engines required , now yielded a 19 LIFE OF ...
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... give motion to a clock which shall keep good time . It is this regulator of Watt's , ' says M. Arago , and a skilful employment of fly - wheels , which constitute the true secret of the astonishing perfection of the manufactures of our ...
... give motion to a clock which shall keep good time . It is this regulator of Watt's , ' says M. Arago , and a skilful employment of fly - wheels , which constitute the true secret of the astonishing perfection of the manufactures of our ...
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... give you this , if you promise me not to love your dog quite so well . ' Astonished at this munificence in so young a child , the peasant said : ' One would think you were the son of a king , to give away so much money at a time . ' ' I ...
... give you this , if you promise me not to love your dog quite so well . ' Astonished at this munificence in so young a child , the peasant said : ' One would think you were the son of a king , to give away so much money at a time . ' ' I ...
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Página 6 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, Covenant and Combine ourselves together into a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission...
Página 10 - 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...
Página 29 - ... all around him, and gave the most liberal assistance and encouragement to all young persons who showed any indications of talent, or applied to him for patronage or advice. His health, which was delicate from his youth upwards, seemed to become firmer as he advanced in years : and he preserved, up almost to the last moment of his existence, not only the full command of his extraordinary intellect, but all the alacrity of spirit, and the social gaiety which had illuminated his happiest days.
Página 6 - King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Página 28 - No track of men, no footsteps to and fro, Lead to her gates. The path lies o'er the sea, Invisible ; and from the land we went, As to a floating city — steering in, And gliding up her streets as in a dream, So smoothly, silently — by many a dome Mosque-like, and many a stately portico, The statues ranged along an azure sky ; By many a pile in more than eastern splendour, Of old the residence of merchant kings...
Página 29 - ... his happiest days. His friends in this part of the country never saw him more full of intellectual vigour and colloquial animation, never more delightful or more instructive, than in his last visit to Scotland in autumn, 1817. Indeed, it was after that time that he applied himself, with all the ardour of early life, to the invention of a machine for mechanically copying all sorts of sculpture and statuary, and distributed among his friends some of its earliest performances, as the productions...
Página 24 - At his first coming on board us, he had so much forgot his language, for want of use, that we could scarce understand him, for he seemed to speak his words by halves.