Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volumen14Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... lustre . His large works are not so much to be com- mended for the goodness of the design as for the ex- pression and colouring ; but it is in his small pieces that the pencil of Miel appears in its greatest delicacy and beauty . The ...
... lustre . His large works are not so much to be com- mended for the goodness of the design as for the ex- pression and colouring ; but it is in his small pieces that the pencil of Miel appears in its greatest delicacy and beauty . The ...
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... lustre , and durability of these bodies , could not fail to excite admiration , and make them be sought after as ornaments , even by the least civilized people , and in countries where they are most abundant . They were well known , it ...
... lustre , and durability of these bodies , could not fail to excite admiration , and make them be sought after as ornaments , even by the least civilized people , and in countries where they are most abundant . They were well known , it ...
Página 133
... Lustre . The internal Lustre . The Fracture . The form of the Fragments . the particles . The Form of the distinct Concretions . The Surface of Separation . The Lustre of Separation . The Transparency . The Streak . The Stain . The ...
... Lustre . The internal Lustre . The Fracture . The form of the Fragments . the particles . The Form of the distinct Concretions . The Surface of Separation . The Lustre of Separation . The Transparency . The Streak . The Stain . The ...
Página 141
... lustre ; Classifica- II . The fracture ; III . The form of the fragment . I. The internal lustre , the characters of which are to be determined in the same manner as the external lustre . II . The fracture , which is either compact or ...
... lustre ; Classifica- II . The fracture ; III . The form of the fragment . I. The internal lustre , the characters of which are to be determined in the same manner as the external lustre . II . The fracture , which is either compact or ...
Página 143
... lustre of separation . This character is to be determined in the same manner as the external lustre . 4. The General Appearance . This comprehends three particular generic characters , the transparency , the streak , and the stain . 1 ...
... lustre of separation . This character is to be determined in the same manner as the external lustre . 4. The General Appearance . This comprehends three particular generic characters , the transparency , the streak , and the stain . 1 ...
Términos y frases comunes
&c.-This mineral acid Alumina angles antimony appear bistre blow-pipe Bohemia brass brittle Broch Brochant calcareous called Char.-Found massive Chem Classifica coin colour common conchoidal Constituent copper crystals disseminated Diuretic earth easily frangible Exter foliated found massive four-sided fracture foliated fragments frangible gamboge genus glass glimmering gold grains grav gray grayish green greenish Hauy internal lustre kind Kirw Kirwan Klaproth labour light Lime Localities lustre lustre shining Magnesia magnifiers masticot metals microscope milk mineral is found moral Morocco mountains native nature objects observed octahedron opaque Oxide of iron passions pelvis pieces placenta plates pound pound sterling prism proportion pyramid pyrites quartz rocks salt Saxony screw side Silica silver six-sided prisms slider soft sometimes spar Spec Species stone streak Subspecies Sulphur surface tion translucent transparent truncated tube uterus variety veins virtue vitreous weakly shining yellow yellowish zeolite
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Página 105 - AND I SAW AN ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, HAVING THE KEY OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT AND A GREAT CHAIN IN HIS HAND. AND HE LAID HOLD ON THE DRAGON, THAT OLD SERPENT, WHICH IS THE DEVIL AND SATAN AND BOUND HIM A THOUSAND YEARS. AND CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT AND SHUT HIM UP AND SET A SEAL UPON HIM, THAT HE SHOULD DECEIVE THE NATIONS NO MORE, TILL THE THOUSAND YEARS SHOULD BE FULFILLED: AND AFTER THAT HE MUST BE LOOSED A LITTLE SEASON.
Página 105 - And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Página 284 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.
Página 281 - When anyone tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself whether it be more probable that this person should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact which he relates should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other ; and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates, then, and...
Página 105 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years...
Página 82 - MILTOK. but scout and hurry along in little detached parties of six or seven in a company ; and sweeping low, just over the surface of the land and water, direct their course to the opposite continent at the narrowest passage they can find.
Página 281 - That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.
Página 95 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Página 107 - For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
Página 282 - 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.