Philosophical Magazine, Volumen 3

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Taylor & Francis., 1828
 

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Página 237 - Reports of Medical Cases, selected with a view of illustrating the Symptoms and Cure of Diseases by a reference to Morbid Anatomy; embracing Dropsy, Inflammation of the Lungs, Phthisis, and Fever. By Richard Bright, MD
Página 288 - or the fly had quitted him,—. . .. Tossing the foam They scorn the keeper's voice, and scour the plain, Through all the bright serenity of noon ; ‘ While from their labouring breasts a hollow moan Proceeding, runs, lowbellowing, round the
Página 217 - do exist throughout nature. It is too convenient a term to be dispensed with, even as an ¿assumption ; only care should be taken that we do not accept the abstract term for the fact. - It might, for instance, be proposed as a legitimate question, whether the species of some familiar genera, such as Rosa,
Página 392 - Herschel's observations on those bodies ; thus bringing to a close half a century spent in astronomical labour. For this more immediately, and to mark their estimation of services rendered during a whole life to Astronomy, your Council resolved to confer on her the distinction of a medal of this Society. The
Página 292 - I have examined on the Continent, in order to connect the geology of our own island, with that of France, Switzerland, and Savoy. - . . “ By comprising the numerous facts and observations contained in the present volume, within the limits of an elementary work, from the desire to be concise, I may have run the risk of becoming
Página 419 - prop. 37.) he infers, that the reaction is equal to the weight of a column of water of which the base is equal to the area of the orifice, and the height equal to that of the surface of the water above the orifice. In the
Página 7 - beds of sandstone and conglomerate, that form a thick intervening mass between the surface and the primary rocks, sufficient to obstruct the rise of thermal waters; for it has before been stated, that all the thermal waters in the Pennine Alps issue from the primary rocks, or near their junction with the lowest calcareous strata.
Página 114 - products, such as starch or sugar, be mechanically mixed with it, they may possibly be observed by merely inspecting the preparation with a glass. 1st. If the sulphate of quina be mixed with a considerable proportion of foreign matter, it may probably be detected by dissolving the salt in question in about three hundred times
Página 132 - degrees. From the point of fusion of pure platina to that of pure gold, the author assumes 100 degrees, adding to the alloy which is to measure each in succession, one per cent of platina. The author then enters into a detailed account of the method he employed for
Página 375 - the author offered it as a conjecture, that the metals of the alkalies and earths might exist in the interior of the globe ; and on being exposed to the action of air and water, give rise to volcanic fires, and to the production of lavas, by the slow cooling

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