The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Parte 2,Volume 13Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... directions . The neighbourhood is dry , arid , and naked ; being almost wholly destitute of trees and towns , but watered by the Manzanares , which in summer is frequently dry . This metropolis , though not commercial or the seat of any ...
... directions . The neighbourhood is dry , arid , and naked ; being almost wholly destitute of trees and towns , but watered by the Manzanares , which in summer is frequently dry . This metropolis , though not commercial or the seat of any ...
Página 402
... direction to each other ; and their length nearly perpendicular to that of the body of the animal . These apertures admit the air . It has six of these , three on each side of its body . The great transparency of its body shows that it ...
... direction to each other ; and their length nearly perpendicular to that of the body of the animal . These apertures admit the air . It has six of these , three on each side of its body . The great transparency of its body shows that it ...
Página 410
... direction , is called the magnetic meridian ; and the angle which the magnetic meridian makes with the me- ridian of the place where the magnet stands , is called the declination of the magnet , or more com- monly of the magnetic needle ...
... direction , is called the magnetic meridian ; and the angle which the magnetic meridian makes with the me- ridian of the place where the magnet stands , is called the declination of the magnet , or more com- monly of the magnetic needle ...
Página 411
... direction of the bars , and , if it were moved out of that direction , it invariably returned to it again after a certain number of oscillations . Gold , silver , copper , lead , glass , chalk , the bones of animals , and dif- ferent ...
... direction of the bars , and , if it were moved out of that direction , it invariably returned to it again after a certain number of oscillations . Gold , silver , copper , lead , glass , chalk , the bones of animals , and dif- ferent ...
Página 412
... direction as to cut the mag- netic meridian at right angles . The focus of violet rays was carried slowly along the needle , proceeding from the centre towards one of the extremities , care being taken never to go back in the same direction ...
... direction as to cut the mag- netic meridian at right angles . The focus of violet rays was carried slowly along the needle , proceeding from the centre towards one of the extremities , care being taken never to go back in the same direction ...
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Página 486 - Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Página 416 - The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Página 540 - There was a sound of revelry by night. And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry ; and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men : A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again ; And all went merry as a marriage-bell, But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell.
Página 657 - All these things being considered, it seems probable to me that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties and in such proportion to space as most conduced to the end for which he formed them...
Página 491 - The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wished I long believed, And, disappointed still, was still deceived.
Página 385 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Página 636 - It is only the effect, which that figure produces upon a mind, whose particular fabric or structure renders it susceptible of such sentiments. In vain would you look for it in the circle, or seek it, either by your senses, or by- mathematical reasonings, in all the properties of that figure.
Página 544 - For the canon law, which the common law follows in this case, deems so highly and with such mysterious reverence of the nuptial tie, that it will not allow it to be unloosed for any cause whatsoever, that arises after the union is made.
Página 435 - I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play, Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.
Página 542 - Now these disabilities are of two sorts: first, such as are canonical, and therefore sufficient by the ecclesiastical laws to avoid the marriage in the spiritual court; but these in our law only make the marriage voidable, and not ipso facto void, until sentence of nullity be obtained.