The Theological, Philosophical and Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. William Jones ...: In Twelve Volumes : to which is Prefixed a Short Account of His Life and Writings, Τόμος 10F. and C. Rivington, 1801 |
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Σελίδα 31
... better when accommodated with two , that one may always vibrate freely in its whole length , while the sections of the other are compared with it : for which purpose , one half of the moveable bridge must be cut down a little , that the ...
... better when accommodated with two , that one may always vibrate freely in its whole length , while the sections of the other are compared with it : for which purpose , one half of the moveable bridge must be cut down a little , that the ...
Σελίδα 42
... better than any other . Being far advanced in years , he could not explain to me by memory the prin- ciples on which he had proceeded , and had mislaid the papers that contained them but after his death , which happened very soon ...
... better than any other . Being far advanced in years , he could not explain to me by memory the prin- ciples on which he had proceeded , and had mislaid the papers that contained them but after his death , which happened very soon ...
Σελίδα 45
... rule , we thought the notes were better than we had heard , and it was remarked that the chords were sensibly louder . Yet , after all , a learned ear ear will want satisfaction in some places , and , Of the Monochord . 45.
... rule , we thought the notes were better than we had heard , and it was remarked that the chords were sensibly louder . Yet , after all , a learned ear ear will want satisfaction in some places , and , Of the Monochord . 45.
Σελίδα 46
... better on other principles . For my own part , I am rather persuaded that a variety in the tones and semitones is not only necessary to satisfy the proportions of the scale ; but that even the extreme and less tuneable keys have their ...
... better on other principles . For my own part , I am rather persuaded that a variety in the tones and semitones is not only necessary to satisfy the proportions of the scale ; but that even the extreme and less tuneable keys have their ...
Σελίδα 49
... lerable : " for the fact is , that the fifth will bear a temperament better than the major third . The ear is more hurt by any temperament of VOL . X. E the the major third , than by the same tempera- ment Of the Monochord . 49.
... lerable : " for the fact is , that the fifth will bear a temperament better than the major third . The ear is more hurt by any temperament of VOL . X. E the the major third , than by the same tempera- ment Of the Monochord . 49.
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Σελίδα 454 - He answered and said unto them, "When it is evening ye say, 'It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.
Σελίδα 326 - Imagine all Nature now standing in a silent expectation to receive its last doom ; the tutelary and destroying angels to have their instructions ; every thing to be ready for the fatal hour; and then, after a little silence, all the host of heaven to raise their voice, and sing aloud : Let God arise ; let his enemies be scattered ; as smoke is driven away, so drive them away ; As wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Σελίδα 291 - With much difficulty I reached the top of Mount Vesuvius, in which I saw a vast aperture full of smoke, which hindered the seeing its depth and figure. I heard within that horrid gulf certain odd sounds, which seemed to proceed from the belly of the mountain ; a sort of murmuring, sighing, throbbing, churning, dashing (as it were) of waves, and between whiles a noise, like that of thunder or cannon, which was constantly attended with a clattering like that of tiles falling from the tops of houses...
Σελίδα 456 - ... appears round the moon, rain will be the consequence. If the rays of the sun, breaking through the clouds, are visible in the air, and appear like those horns of irradiation which painters usually place upon the head of Moses, the air is sensibly filled with vapours, which reflect the rays to the sight; and those vapours will soon produce rain.
Σελίδα 464 - In the year 1775, a drought of three months continuance, broke up at the summer solstice : the day before the rain came upon us, the swallows flew very near the ground, which they had never done in the fine weather. In the mountainous country of Derbyshire, which goes by the name of The Peak, the inhabitants observe, that if the sheep wind up the hills in the morning to their pasture, and...
Σελίδα 95 - Hic canit errantem lunam solisque labores ; unde hominum genus et pecudes ; unde imber et ignes ; Arcturum pluviasque Hyadas geminosque Triones ; quid tantum Oceano properent se tinguere soles 745 hiberni, vel quae tardis mora noctibus obstet.
Σελίδα 455 - Islands, a redness like fire was observed all over the sky. When the sky, in a rainy season, is tinged with a seagreen colour, near the horizon, when it ought to be blue, the rain will continue and increase; if it is of a deep dead blue, it is abundantly loaded with vapours, and the weather will be showery.
Σελίδα 97 - I further consider,' he says, ' that three sounds placed by the interval of a third one above another, do constitute one entire harmony, which governs and comprises all the sounds that by art or imagination can at once be joined together in musical concordance, that I cannot but think a significant emblem of that Supreme and Incomprehensible Three in One, governing, comprising, and disposing the whole machine of the world, with all its included parts, in a most perfect and stupendous...
Σελίδα 292 - I observed a mixture of colours in the cloud over the crater, green, yellow, red, and blue; there was likewise a ruddy dismal light in...
Σελίδα 339 - God hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, he hath weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance.