The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Parte 1,Volumen 21Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... pressure of its great extremity empties the splenic sponge , and thus causes a greater low in the other parts of the cœliac system . This again is all imagi- rary ; not a single point of it founded in obser- vation . It is quite ...
... pressure of its great extremity empties the splenic sponge , and thus causes a greater low in the other parts of the cœliac system . This again is all imagi- rary ; not a single point of it founded in obser- vation . It is quite ...
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... pressure of our Saviour on the earth . On this subject the reader will find some interesting re- marks in Dr. Clarke's Travels , vol . ii . p . 584 . STAAL ( Madam de ) , a celebrated French lady of the eighteenth century , who wrote ...
... pressure of our Saviour on the earth . On this subject the reader will find some interesting re- marks in Dr. Clarke's Travels , vol . ii . p . 584 . STAAL ( Madam de ) , a celebrated French lady of the eighteenth century , who wrote ...
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... pressure of fluids , or hydrostatics , is no less estimable , including every thing that is now received as a leading principle in the science . When we con- sider the ignorance , even of the most learned of that age , in mechanical or ...
... pressure of fluids , or hydrostatics , is no less estimable , including every thing that is now received as a leading principle in the science . When we con- sider the ignorance , even of the most learned of that age , in mechanical or ...
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... pressure by which water is forced through a sluice , a pipe , or canal , with a constant velocity . Thus the general ... pressure at the pivots of its axle , which act on the points of support . This must be understood , both as to ...
... pressure by which water is forced through a sluice , a pipe , or canal , with a constant velocity . Thus the general ... pressure at the pivots of its axle , which act on the points of support . This must be understood , both as to ...
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... pressure of the atmosphere was not less than 800 ° . Subsequent experiments performed by other philosophers seem to prove that the heat which disappears is here stated too low but it must be confessed that the results of the experiments ...
... pressure of the atmosphere was not less than 800 ° . Subsequent experiments performed by other philosophers seem to prove that the heat which disappears is here stated too low but it must be confessed that the results of the experiments ...
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Página 342 - Religion agreed upon by the Archbishops and Bishops of both provinces, and the whole Clergy in the Convocation holden at London, in the year of our Lord...
Página 284 - O could I flow like thee ! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ; Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full.
Página 79 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same...
Página 13 - Per substantiam intelligo id, quod in se est et per se concipitur; hoc est id, cujus conceptus non indiget conceptu alterius rei, a quo formari debeat.
Página 320 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Página 116 - 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 343 - Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair: The doubtful beam long nods from side to side; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. See fierce Belinda on the baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes: Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die.
Página 9 - But whether thus these things, or whether not; Whether the sun, predominant in heaven, Rise on the earth ; or earth rise on the sun • He from the east his flaming road begin; Or she from west her silent course advance, With inoffensive pace that spinning sleeps On her soft axle, while she paces even, And bears thee soft with the smooth air along; Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid; Leave them to God above.
Página 144 - I use two steam vessels in which the steam is to act, and which in other steam engines are called cylinders. Secondly, — I employ the steam after it has acted in the first vessel to operate a second time in the other, by permitting it to expand itself, which I do by connecting the vessels together and forming proper channels and apertures, whereby the steam shall, occasionally, go in and out of the said vessels.
Página 224 - ... that upon the trial of any peer or peeress either for treason or misprision all the peers who have a right to sit and vote in Parliament...