A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1H.G. Bohn, 1846 - 518 páginas |
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... various mu- seums , libraries and manufacturing establishments . On ar- riving at Altona , he found there his friend Büsching , who recommended him to Münchhausen , curator of the Academy of Göttingen . After paying a visit to his ...
... various mu- seums , libraries and manufacturing establishments . On ar- riving at Altona , he found there his friend Büsching , who recommended him to Münchhausen , curator of the Academy of Göttingen . After paying a visit to his ...
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... various accounts ; of comparing them together , and of bringing them to a final balance . As bills of exchange and insurance were not known in the commerce of the ancients , the business of merchants was not so intricate and complex as ...
... various accounts ; of comparing them together , and of bringing them to a final balance . As bills of exchange and insurance were not known in the commerce of the ancients , the business of merchants was not so intricate and complex as ...
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... various kinds , some of which " measured the road , and pointed out the hours ; " but whether by these words we are to understand an odometer . cannot with certainty be de- termined . That this instrument was known even in the fifteenth ...
... various kinds , some of which " measured the road , and pointed out the hours ; " but whether by these words we are to understand an odometer . cannot with certainty be de- termined . That this instrument was known even in the fifteenth ...
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... various kinds of clocks . From Dresden he removed to Berlin to follow his occupation . As he was an excellent workman , and invented several machines for shorten- 1 This machine was used by Sulzer during his tour . See his Journal ...
... various kinds of clocks . From Dresden he removed to Berlin to follow his occupation . As he was an excellent workman , and invented several machines for shorten- 1 This machine was used by Sulzer during his tour . See his Journal ...
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... various metals by the voltaic bat- tery . The experiments of Brugnatelli and Davy were however completely lost sight of , and the art may be said to date its origin from the period when the late Professor Daniell described his constant ...
... various metals by the voltaic bat- tery . The experiments of Brugnatelli and Davy were however completely lost sight of , and the art may be said to date its origin from the period when the late Professor Daniell described his constant ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 37 - From the evidence it would appear that the submergence took place at the end of the fourteenth or the beginning of the fifteenth century.
Página 446 - ... and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
Página 468 - Plight (towards the end of the fifteenth or the beginning of the sixteenth century...
Página 490 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep...
Página 2 - BOSWELL'S LIFE OF DR. JOHNSON ; BY THE RIGHT HON. JC CROKER. Incorporating his Tour to the Hebrides, and accompanied by the Commentaries of all preceding Editors : with numerous additional Notes and Illustrative Anecdotes ; to which are added. Two Supplementary Volumes of Anecdotes by HAWKINS, PIOZZI, MURPHY, TTKKS, RET^OLUS STEEVKNK, and others.
Página 446 - My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea : and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them : and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
Página 5 - It is, indeed, a lasting memorial of eminent literary exertion, devoted to a subject of great importance, and one dear, not only to every scholar, but to every reader of intelligence to whom the truth of history is an object of consideration.
Página 138 - About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.