Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge, Zväzok 15 |
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Strana 3
... fays , ) re- main little altered from their firft pofition , when they were formed at the induration of the ftrata immediately after the waters left the land . The perpendicular fiïures are more commonly fituated in level ground , at a ...
... fays , ) re- main little altered from their firft pofition , when they were formed at the induration of the ftrata immediately after the waters left the land . The perpendicular fiïures are more commonly fituated in level ground , at a ...
Strana 4
... fays the difco- very was made by the conflagration of woods , which melted the veins of metal in the earth be- neath them ; and Ariftotle tells us , that fome hepherds in Spain having fet fire to the woods , the earth was thus heated to ...
... fays the difco- very was made by the conflagration of woods , which melted the veins of metal in the earth be- neath them ; and Ariftotle tells us , that fome hepherds in Spain having fet fire to the woods , the earth was thus heated to ...
Strana 6
... ( fays Dr Thomfon , in his Syftem of Chem , Vol . III . p . 376. ) which are diftinguished from common water by a peculiar fmell , tafte , colour , & c . and which , in confequence of these properties , can- not be applied to the purposes ...
... ( fays Dr Thomfon , in his Syftem of Chem , Vol . III . p . 376. ) which are diftinguished from common water by a peculiar fmell , tafte , colour , & c . and which , in confequence of these properties , can- not be applied to the purposes ...
Strana 7
... ( fays Dr Thom- fon , ) there is ufually some substance prefent , ( See $ 14 , 15. ) which , from its greater proportion or acti- vity , ftamps the character of the water , and gives it those properties , by which it is most readily ...
... ( fays Dr Thom- fon , ) there is ufually some substance prefent , ( See $ 14 , 15. ) which , from its greater proportion or acti- vity , ftamps the character of the water , and gives it those properties , by which it is most readily ...
Strana 8
... ( fays Dr Thomion ) or the art of afcertaining the different fubftances they hold in folution and determining their proportion , is one of the most difficult things in chemistry . The difficulty ari- fes , not only from the diverfity of ...
... ( fays Dr Thomion ) or the art of afcertaining the different fubftances they hold in folution and determining their proportion , is one of the most difficult things in chemistry . The difficulty ari- fes , not only from the diverfity of ...
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Populárne pasáže
Strana 353 - 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 386 - What hands are here? ha! they pluck out mine eyes! Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red.
Strana 396 - ... without any warrant or authority from any power either divine or human, but in direct contradiction to the laws both of God and man : and therefore the law has justly fixed the crime and punishment of murder on them and on their seconds also.
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 109 - Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest...
Strana 371 - 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 106 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child : and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Strana 309 - ... in case of non-payment at the time limited, for ever dead and gone from the mortgagor ; and the mortgagee's estate in the lands is then no longer conditional, but absolute. 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 170 - ... be reckoned thirty times cheaper than it is now. In the reign of William the Conqueror commodities were ten times cheaper than they are at prefent ; from which we cannot help forming a very high idea of the wealth and power of that king. For...
Strana 257 - Laws, or from thofe who are intruded with the Execution of them. In fine, the Commercial Virtues and Duties require that we not only do not invade, but maintain the Rights of others ; that we be fair and impartial in transferring, bartering, or exchanging Property, whether in Goods or Service; and be inviolably faithful to our Word and our Engagements where the Matter of them is not criminal, and where they are not extorted by Force.