Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Enlarged and Improved, Τόμος 2Archibald Constable, 1824 |
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... according to the method of indivisibles , was a matter of no difficulty . The next step was , supposing a series of lines in arithmetical progression , and squares to be described on each of them , to find what ratio the sum of all ...
... according to the method of indivisibles , was a matter of no difficulty . The next step was , supposing a series of lines in arithmetical progression , and squares to be described on each of them , to find what ratio the sum of all ...
Σελίδα 23
... according to the geo- metrical progression assumed ; and of these , that which was first contrived by Napier , though the simplest , and the foundation of the rest , was not so convenient for the purposes of calculation , as one which ...
... according to the geo- metrical progression assumed ; and of these , that which was first contrived by Napier , though the simplest , and the foundation of the rest , was not so convenient for the purposes of calculation , as one which ...
Σελίδα 83
... according to their situation in 1 The allowance made for any such equality , when the place of a planet is to be computed for a given time , is called an equation in the language of astronomy . respect of the sun , These are the only ...
... according to their situation in 1 The allowance made for any such equality , when the place of a planet is to be computed for a given time , is called an equation in the language of astronomy . respect of the sun , These are the only ...
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... according to some , because the word signifies black , which was the colour of the na- tives , or curled hair , according to others . Meneses remained at a port called Versija , till the change of the monsoon , and then returned to the ...
... according to some , because the word signifies black , which was the colour of the na- tives , or curled hair , according to others . Meneses remained at a port called Versija , till the change of the monsoon , and then returned to the ...
Σελίδα 38
... According to this rate , we may suppose that an English quartern loaf , when taken out of the oven , may vary in weight 13th part , which amounts to rather more than 4 ounces . that the law which subjects the baker to a penalty if his ...
... According to this rate , we may suppose that an English quartern loaf , when taken out of the oven , may vary in weight 13th part , which amounts to rather more than 4 ounces . that the law which subjects the baker to a penalty if his ...
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Σελίδα 78 - Rather admire ; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide. Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric' scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Σελίδα 173 - ... of a Turkey carpet. It is sympathy with the present or the past, or the imaginary inhabitants of such a region, that alone gives it either interest or beauty; and the delight of those who behold it, will always be found to be in exact proportion to the force of their imaginations, and the warmth of their social affections. The leading impressions, here, are those of romantic seclusion, and primeval simplicity; lovers sequestered in these blissful solitudes, " from towns and toils remote...
Σελίδα 74 - The gold and silver money which circulates in any country may very properly be compared to a highway, which, while it circulates and carries to market all the grass and corn of the country, produces itself not a single pile of either.
Σελίδα 10 - It seems to me, that when the animalcules, which form the corals at the bottom of the ocean, cease to live, their structures adhere to each other, by virtue either of the glutinous remains within, or of some property in salt water; and the interstices being gradually filled up with sand and broken pieces of coral washed by the sea, which also adhere, a mass of rock is at length formed. Future races of these animalcules erect their habitations upon the rising bank, and die in their turn to increase,...
Σελίδα 26 - As things are at present conducted," he adds, " a sudden transition is made from sensible objects and particular facts to general propositions, which are accounted principles, and round which, as round so many fixed poles, disputation and argument continually revolve. From the propositions thus hastily assumed, all things are derived by a process compendious and precipitate ; ill suited to discovery, but wonderfully accommodated to debate. The way that promises success is the reverse of this. It...
Σελίδα 178 - In so far as mere feeling and enjoyment are concerned, therefore, it seems evident that the best taste must be that which belongs to the best affections, the most active fancy, and the most attentive habits of observation. It will follow pretty exactly too, that all men's perceptions of beauty will be nearly in proportion to the degree of their sensibility and social sympathies...
Σελίδα 175 - And what is it that constitutes that emotion of sublime delight, which every man of common sensibility feels upon the first prospect of Rome ? It is not the scene of destruction which is before him.
Σελίδα 179 - As all men must have some peculiar associations, all men must have some peculiar notions of beauty, and, of course, to a certain extent, a taste that the public would be entitled to consider as false or vitiated.
Σελίδα 175 - ... ordinary mortals, just because he perceives more of these analogies and relations to social emotion, in which all beauty consists; so other men see more or less of this beauty, exactly as they happen to possess that fancy, or those habits, which enable them readily to trace out these relations. From all these sources of evidence, then, we think it is pretty well made out, that the beauty or sublimity of external objects is nothing but the reflection of emotions excited by the feelings or condition...
Σελίδα 43 - ... throughout all civilized countries. Princes on whose will there were no legal checks, thus found a moral restraint which the most powerful of them could not brave with absolute impunity. They acted before a vast audience, to whose applause or condemnation they could not be utterly indifferent. The very constitution of human nature, the unalterable laws of the mind of man, against which all rebellion is fruitless, subjected the proudest tyrants to this control. No elevation of power, no depravity,...