The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volume 10Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... glasses . Once when it had forced my lute , coming close thereto , in order to try to repair it , I observed that the spirit which issued from it caught fire at the flame of the candle , and continued burn- ing with violence , as it ...
... glasses . Once when it had forced my lute , coming close thereto , in order to try to repair it , I observed that the spirit which issued from it caught fire at the flame of the candle , and continued burn- ing with violence , as it ...
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... glass is placed over the burner . These burners , when very carefully regulated , consume about three cubical feet of gas per hour , and give light equal to that of six wax candles ; but it is requisite , on account of carelessness and ...
... glass is placed over the burner . These burners , when very carefully regulated , consume about three cubical feet of gas per hour , and give light equal to that of six wax candles ; but it is requisite , on account of carelessness and ...
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... glass either hemispherical or semicylin- drical , so that no opaque line or bar may interfere with or break the cone of rays which enters the WEIGHT PER FOOT . window . The back part of the lamp must be a reflector , of such a surface ...
... glass either hemispherical or semicylin- drical , so that no opaque line or bar may interfere with or break the cone of rays which enters the WEIGHT PER FOOT . window . The back part of the lamp must be a reflector , of such a surface ...
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... glasses , er other round transparent vessels , within which certain figures appear by magic art . It is thus called , because the figure appears as in the belly of the vessels . GASTUNI , a town of Greece , in the Morea , over against ...
... glasses , er other round transparent vessels , within which certain figures appear by magic art . It is thus called , because the figure appears as in the belly of the vessels . GASTUNI , a town of Greece , in the Morea , over against ...
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... glass or of wax , only enables it to attract a pith - ball or the fibres of a feather , produces , when collected in the sky , all the terrifying effects of a thunder - storm . There surely can be no good reason why we should not ...
... glass or of wax , only enables it to attract a pith - ball or the fibres of a feather , produces , when collected in the sky , all the terrifying effects of a thunder - storm . There surely can be no good reason why we should not ...
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Página 156 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Página 331 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Página 32 - I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear : Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Página 22 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Página 341 - I am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast He was. We were. You were. They were.
Página 376 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.
Página 174 - What years, i' faith ? Vio. About your years, my lord. Duke. Too old, by heaven; let still the woman take An elder than herself ; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are.
Página 330 - An Adjective is a word added to a substantive, to express its quality : as, " An industrious man ; a virtuous woman.
Página 34 - tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Página 124 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.