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 4
... ancient au- thors , was difcovered by Midacritus . Mofes , however , afcribes the invention of brafs and iron , or at least of the methods of working them , to Tubal - Cain , before the flood . In later times , mines have been often ...
... ancient au- thors , was difcovered by Midacritus . Mofes , however , afcribes the invention of brafs and iron , or at least of the methods of working them , to Tubal - Cain , before the flood . In later times , mines have been often ...
Strana 89
... ancient times very pleafant and fruitful , as it is ftill where duly cultivated ; abounded in all the neceffaries of life ; and was enriched with many mines of gold , which gave occafion to the fable of the Golden Fleece and the ...
... ancient times very pleafant and fruitful , as it is ftill where duly cultivated ; abounded in all the neceffaries of life ; and was enriched with many mines of gold , which gave occafion to the fable of the Golden Fleece and the ...
Strana 93
... ancient Hebrews , having 3 or 4 chords to it . See Plate CCXV . fig . 9. There is reafon to queftion the antiquity of this inftrument ; both because it requires a hair - bow , which was a kind of plectrum not known to the ancients , and ...
... ancient Hebrews , having 3 or 4 chords to it . See Plate CCXV . fig . 9. There is reafon to queftion the antiquity of this inftrument ; both because it requires a hair - bow , which was a kind of plectrum not known to the ancients , and ...
Strana 109
... ancient faith in early youth . Dryd . ( 2. ) MIRROR , ( 1. def . 1. ) is alfo uted for any polished body , that forms the images of objects , by reflection of the rays of light . See CATOP- TRICS , Index ; and REFLECTION . Mirrors are ...
... ancient faith in early youth . Dryd . ( 2. ) MIRROR , ( 1. def . 1. ) is alfo uted for any polished body , that forms the images of objects , by reflection of the rays of light . See CATOP- TRICS , Index ; and REFLECTION . Mirrors are ...
Strana 129
... ancient geo- MITYLENE , graphy , a powerful and afflu- ent city , capital of the island of Lefbos . It received its name from Mitylene , the daughter of Macare- us , a king of the country . It is greatly commend- ed by the ancients for ...
... ancient geo- MITYLENE , graphy , a powerful and afflu- ent city , capital of the island of Lefbos . It received its name from Mitylene , the daughter of Macare- us , a king of the country . It is greatly commend- ed by the ancients for ...
Časté výrazy a frázy
acid againſt alfo almoft alſo alumina analyfed ancient antimony barytes becauſe blow-pipe borax cafe called carbonat carbonic acid caufe colour compofed confequence confiderable confifts cryftallized difcovered diffolved diftinguished earth falt fame feems fenfe feveral fhall fhould fide filica filk filver firft firſt fize fmall foliated folution fome fometimes foon fpecies ftate ftill ftone ftrong fubftance fubject fuch fulphur fuppofed furface GENUS gravity grey Hardneſs himſelf houfe houſe itſelf Klaproth laft lefs likewife lime Luftre meaſure melts metallic miles mineral moft moſt mountains muft muriatic muriatic acid muſt nature neceffary nitric acid obferved occafion oxide oxide of iron paffions pafs perfon pleaſure potafs precipitate prefent prifm quantity reafon refpect Ruffia Shak ſmall Specific gravity ſtate texture thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion town of France town of Naples Tranfparency ufually uſed whofe yellow
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...