Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Zväzok 15John Brown, 1816 |
Vyhľadávanie v obsahu knihy
Výsledky 1 - 5 z 100.
Strana 2
... small at their up- per part , and wide underneath , and vice versa . Their breadth , as well as depth , varies much ; for though a fiffure may be many fathoms wide in one place , yet a little further E. or W. it may not be one inch wide ...
... small at their up- per part , and wide underneath , and vice versa . Their breadth , as well as depth , varies much ; for though a fiffure may be many fathoms wide in one place , yet a little further E. or W. it may not be one inch wide ...
Strana 18
... small particles of quartz , fcarcely to be perceived by the eye . The TRAPP ( in German jchwartzstein ) is alfo fome- times mixed with very fine particles of felt fpar ( fpatum fcintillans ) or of calcareous fpar , & c . After this ...
... small particles of quartz , fcarcely to be perceived by the eye . The TRAPP ( in German jchwartzstein ) is alfo fome- times mixed with very fine particles of felt fpar ( fpatum fcintillans ) or of calcareous fpar , & c . After this ...
Strana 21
... small bit is laid upon the charcoal , and the flame blown on it flowly . Then the fulphur or arfenic begins to part from it in form of smoke ; these are easily diftinguished by their smell ; that of fulphur being fufficiently known ...
... small bit is laid upon the charcoal , and the flame blown on it flowly . Then the fulphur or arfenic begins to part from it in form of smoke ; these are easily diftinguished by their smell ; that of fulphur being fufficiently known ...
Strana 22
... small metallic particles , which foon form a globule of metallic tin at the bottom of the whole mafs , nearest to the charcoal . As foon as fo much of the metallic tin is produced as is fufficient to convince the operator of its pre ...
... small metallic particles , which foon form a globule of metallic tin at the bottom of the whole mafs , nearest to the charcoal . As foon as fo much of the metallic tin is produced as is fufficient to convince the operator of its pre ...
Strana 23
... small globule . The copper is not easily scorified with this ap- paratus , when it is melted with borax , unless it has firft been expofed to the fire by itfelf to be calcined . When only a little of this metal is dif- folved , it ...
... small globule . The copper is not easily scorified with this ap- paratus , when it is melted with borax , unless it has firft been expofed to the fire by itfelf to be calcined . When only a little of this metal is dif- folved , it ...
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Populárne pasáže
Strana 113 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.
Strana 355 - You may as well go stand upon the beach, And bid the main flood bate his usual height ; You may as well use question with the wolf, Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb ; You may as well forbid the mountain pines To wag their high tops, and to make no noise, When they are fretted with the gusts of heaven...
Strana 302 - OF Man's firft difobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whofe mortal tafte Brought death into the world, and all our woe.
Strana 133 - We do it wrong, being so majestical, To offer it the show of violence ; For it is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery.
Strana 398 - To make the killing either murder or manslaughter, it is requisite that the party die within a year and a day after the stroke received or the cause of death administered; in the computation of which the whole of the day on which the act was done shall be reckoned the first.
Strana 373 - Sometime like apes that mow and chatter at me And after bite me, then like hedgehogs which Lie tumbling in my barefoot way and mount Their pricks at my footfall. Sometime am I All wound with adders who with cloven tongues Do hiss me into madness.
Strana 313 - But, besides this general licence from the king, as lord paramount of the kingdom, it was also requisite, whenever there was a mesne or intermediate lord between the king and the alienor, to obtain his licence also (upon the same feudal principles), for the alienation of the specific land.
Strana 311 - But, so long as it continues conditional, that is, between the time of lending the money and the time allotted for payment, the mortgagee is called tenant in mortgage.
Strana 398 - To kill a child in its mother's womb is now no murder, but a great misprision : but if the child be born alive and dieth by reason of the potion or bruises it received in the womb, it seems by the better opinion to be murder in such as administered or gave them.
Strana 315 - ... within six months previous to the donor's death), and unless such gift be made to take effect immediately, and be without power of revocation: and that all other ¡gifts shall be void...