A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and Derivations of the Scientific Terms in General Use, Together with the History and Descriptions of the Scientific Principles of Nearly Every Branch of Human Knowledge, Τόμος 3William Thomas Brande, George William Cox Longmans, Green and Company, 1867 |
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Σελίδα 39
... screw , the wheel and axle , the wedge , and the pulley . Power of Attorney . In Law , an instru- ment by which a party empowers another to perform certain acts for him , either generally , or for a particular purpose ; such as to ...
... screw , the wheel and axle , the wedge , and the pulley . Power of Attorney . In Law , an instru- ment by which a party empowers another to perform certain acts for him , either generally , or for a particular purpose ; such as to ...
Σελίδα 53
... screw that had a bar fitted in it ; to the lower end of this screw was attached , horizontally , a flat piece of wood , called the platen , which , being brought down by means of the screw , pressed the paper upon the face of the types ...
... screw that had a bar fitted in it ; to the lower end of this screw was attached , horizontally , a flat piece of wood , called the platen , which , being brought down by means of the screw , pressed the paper upon the face of the types ...
Σελίδα 54
... screw press , with a perpen- dicular screw , and screwed down by means of an iron bar ; it is also used for pressing paper , when wetted , previous to being printed on , for the purpose of making it in better condition for the process ...
... screw press , with a perpen- dicular screw , and screwed down by means of an iron bar ; it is also used for pressing paper , when wetted , previous to being printed on , for the purpose of making it in better condition for the process ...
Σελίδα 58
... tholic service , is now generally used to denote the first book for children . PRIMER . In Artillery , a small supple- mentary tube , used with the forty - pounder and PRIMER SEISIN seven - inch screw breech - loading guns 58.
... tholic service , is now generally used to denote the first book for children . PRIMER . In Artillery , a small supple- mentary tube , used with the forty - pounder and PRIMER SEISIN seven - inch screw breech - loading guns 58.
Σελίδα 59
... screw breech - loading guns . It is placed in the horizontal part of the vent before the vent - piece is placed in the gun , its object being to communicate the flame from the ordi- nary tube to the cartridge . Primer Seisin ( Nor . Fr ...
... screw breech - loading guns . It is placed in the horizontal part of the vent before the vent - piece is placed in the gun , its object being to communicate the flame from the ordi- nary tube to the cartridge . Primer Seisin ( Nor . Fr ...
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Σελίδα 290 - ... breakings down. They will here meet with ruts which I actually measured four feet deep, and floating with mud only from a wet summer...
Σελίδα 325 - Sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges or tokens of Christian men's profession, but rather they be certain sure witnesses, and effectual signs of grace, and God's good will towards us, by the which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also strengthen and confirm our Faith in him.
Σελίδα 325 - There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord. Those five commonly called Sacraments, that is to say, Confirmation, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and extreme Unction, are not to be counted for Sacraments of the Gospel...
Σελίδα 427 - It is a rule in law, when the ancestor by any gift or conveyance takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee or in tail; that always in such cases, 'the heirs' are words of limitation of the estate, and not words of purchase.
Σελίδα 214 - A recognizance is an obligation of record, which a man enters into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized)', with condition to do some particular act; as to appear at the assizes, to keep the peace, to pay a debt, or the like.
Σελίδα 362 - Parliament, that all barons and substantial freeholders throughout the realm should send their children to school from the age of six to nine years, and then to other seminaries to be instructed in the laws; that the country might be possessed of persons properly qualified to discharge the duties of sheriffs, and to fill other civil offices.
Σελίδα 44 - Predestination to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Σελίδα 28 - Positive philosophy maintains that, within the existing order of the Universe, or rather of the part of it known to us, the direct determining cause of every phenomenon is not supernatural but natural. It is compatible with this to believe that the universe was created and even that it is continuously governed by an Intelligence, provided we admit that the intelligent Governor adheres to fixed laws, which are only modified or counteracted by other laws of the same dispensation, and are never either...
Σελίδα 5 - England, there are very probable reasons for believing, has not only sacrificed a part of the absolute advantage which she, as well as every other nation, might have derived from that trade, but has subjected herself both to an absolute and to a relative disadvantage in almost every other branch of trade. When by the...
Σελίδα 113 - Four quantities are said to be proportional when thejatio of the first to the second is the same as the ratio of the third to the fourth.