The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Τόμος 10Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... light . Nearly 1000 burners of different forms were employed ; and the light produced was estimated equal to that of 2500 well managed candles of six to the pound . The most important and curious part of Mr. Murdoch's statement relates ...
... light . Nearly 1000 burners of different forms were employed ; and the light produced was estimated equal to that of 2500 well managed candles of six to the pound . The most important and curious part of Mr. Murdoch's statement relates ...
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... light and Coke Company's bill , his evidence was then equally favorable . He said , it gave no disagree able smell ; and when questioned as to the goodness and purity of the light , I burn it , ' said he , every night in my own house ...
... light and Coke Company's bill , his evidence was then equally favorable . He said , it gave no disagree able smell ; and when questioned as to the goodness and purity of the light , I burn it , ' said he , every night in my own house ...
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... light equal to that of six wax candles ; but it is requisite , on account of carelessness and mismanagement , to allow four cubical feet to each burner per hour , The bat's wing burner should not consume more than three cubic feet per ...
... light equal to that of six wax candles ; but it is requisite , on account of carelessness and mismanagement , to allow four cubical feet to each burner per hour , The bat's wing burner should not consume more than three cubic feet per ...
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... light discovery . The loss of fuel , it is obvious , must be just in proportion to the quantity of carbonised matter , or coke , which is kept hot to no purpose , awaiting the decom- position of that portion of coal which it is the very ...
... light discovery . The loss of fuel , it is obvious , must be just in proportion to the quantity of carbonised matter , or coke , which is kept hot to no purpose , awaiting the decom- position of that portion of coal which it is the very ...
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... light given out by the flame of a gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen is , in common circumstances , in proportion to the quantity of carbon present , it is evident that the gas which contains a greater proportion of olefiant gas ...
... light given out by the flame of a gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen is , in common circumstances , in proportion to the quantity of carbon present , it is evident that the gas which contains a greater proportion of olefiant gas ...
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Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 331 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 22 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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*.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 330 - An Adjective is a word added to a substantive, to express its quality : as, " An industrious man ; a virtuous woman.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.