The Journal [afterw.] The Madras journal of literature and science, ed. by J.C. Morris, Τόμοι 5-6 |
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Σελίδα 42
... crop in the course of the summer or early in autumn . Mr. Speed having fail- ed in rearing celery by adopting the contrary practice , with most commendable perseverance , determined to sprout his seeds in a hot bed , and is rewarded by ...
... crop in the course of the summer or early in autumn . Mr. Speed having fail- ed in rearing celery by adopting the contrary practice , with most commendable perseverance , determined to sprout his seeds in a hot bed , and is rewarded by ...
Σελίδα 169
... crop , and the forest waste adorned with grasses and elegant flowers . The rice ground is very limited , and is situated at the lower part of the vale , in the immediate vicinity of the village of Gallipooti . It is divided into ...
... crop , and the forest waste adorned with grasses and elegant flowers . The rice ground is very limited , and is situated at the lower part of the vale , in the immediate vicinity of the village of Gallipooti . It is divided into ...
Σελίδα 172
... crops , which serve to Dr. R. Forster has well described the structure and mode of formation of coral islands , in Cook's Voyage , of whose accuracy the present writer had ample proofs , while examin- ing similar deposits on the coast ...
... crops , which serve to Dr. R. Forster has well described the structure and mode of formation of coral islands , in Cook's Voyage , of whose accuracy the present writer had ample proofs , while examin- ing similar deposits on the coast ...
Σελίδα 281
... crops of the very few arti- cles which the natives seem to consider worth the trouble of careful cultivation . The productions of the higher or grassy regions are few , and for the most part of inferior quality , not however as it seems ...
... crops of the very few arti- cles which the natives seem to consider worth the trouble of careful cultivation . The productions of the higher or grassy regions are few , and for the most part of inferior quality , not however as it seems ...
Σελίδα 282
... crops thin , and the quality of the grain inferior in propor- tion . Garlic is the staple production , and is raised in great quantities . It is tended with much care , the fields are well ploughed and manured , and not a weed to be ...
... crops thin , and the quality of the grain inferior in propor- tion . Garlic is the staple production , and is raised in great quantities . It is tended with much care , the fields are well ploughed and manured , and not a weed to be ...
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Σελίδα 271 - And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns ; and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him : and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
Σελίδα 297 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.
Σελίδα 200 - During this interval, the barometer and thermometer should be read off, and registered hourly, and the precise hour and minute of each reading should be especially noted. '•For obvious reasons, however, the commencement of every hour should if practicable, be chosen, and every such series of observations should be accompanied by a notice of the means used to obtain the time, and, when practicable, by some observation of an astronomical nature, by which the time can be independently ascertained...
Σελίδα 198 - ... how to do it, and should satisfy himself by many trials that they observe alike. 4. The entries in the register should be made at the time of observation, and the numbers entered should be those actually read off on the respective scales of each instrument, on no account applying to them previous to entry any sort of correction ; as for instance, for zero, for temperature, capillarity, &c.
Σελίδα 297 - Since calculations have been made on the progress of agriculture in the different zones, and the temperatures under the influence of which corn will flourish, it has been found, that, beyond the latitude of 45° the produce of wheat is no where so considerable, as on the northern coasts of Africa, and on the table-lands of New Grenada, Peru, and Mexico.
Σελίδα 130 - With me, from native banks untimely torn, Love-warbling youths and soft-ey'd virgins mourn. O ! let the heart, by fatal absence rent, Feel what I sing, and bleed when I lament: Who roams in exile from his parent bow'r, Pants to return, and chides each ling'ring hour.
Σελίδα 207 - ... or such as remarkably prevail during certain seasons, with the law of their diurnal progress both as to direction and intensity — at what hours and by what degrees they commence, attain their maximum, and subside, and through what points of the compass they run in so doing. (ithly, The existence of Crossing Currents at different heights in the atmosphere, as indicated by the course of the clouds in different strata.
Σελίδα 203 - ... proportion, it ought, if possible, to be ascertained. The data necessary to be known are — first, the internal and external diameters of the tube — secondly, that of the cistern containing the mercury, at the surface, where the tube plunges into it. These particulars, as they must be known to the maker, ought to be inquired of him, and indeed ought to he engraved conspicuously on some part of the instrument.
Σελίδα 205 - ... cautiously over a very small clear flame of an oil lamp, till the mercury rises to the very top of the tube, and fairly unites with the globule there awaiting it. Let the bulb cool, and the mercury will sink in one united column ; if not, heat it again. When this is accomplished, the index may be set loose, by withdrawing the magnet, and restored to its proper position in the tube. " A self-registering thermometer may be advantageously left (properly secured) for a whole year, or parts of a year,...