Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science: Illustrated with 100 Plates, Volumen6R. Wilks, 1815 |
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... round at the same time iii . Rockets which burn in the Water 022 204 225 226 ib . 227 229 230 ib . 231 ib . 232 ib . iv . Figures represented in the Air by means of Rockets 234 v . Rockets which ascend in the form of a Screw 235 VII ...
... round at the same time iii . Rockets which burn in the Water 022 204 225 226 ib . 227 229 230 ib . 231 ib . 232 ib . iv . Figures represented in the Air by means of Rockets 234 v . Rockets which ascend in the form of a Screw 235 VII ...
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... rounded only by dry air , and supported by glass , the electric fluid is retained , and its density increased , until it becomes capable of procuring itself a passage , some inches in length , through the air , which is a very imperfect ...
... rounded only by dry air , and supported by glass , the electric fluid is retained , and its density increased , until it becomes capable of procuring itself a passage , some inches in length , through the air , which is a very imperfect ...
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... round the wires , passing from the two extremities of the bat . tery , according to the following law : oxygen and acids arrange themselves round the positive wire ; hydrogen , alkalies , earths , and metals , round the negative wire ...
... round the wires , passing from the two extremities of the bat . tery , according to the following law : oxygen and acids arrange themselves round the positive wire ; hydrogen , alkalies , earths , and metals , round the negative wire ...
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... round its centre , but will wholly destroy each other's effects with respect to any progressive motion of the whole needle . Thus , when the end of a magnet is placed under a surface on which iron filings are spread , and the sur- face ...
... round its centre , but will wholly destroy each other's effects with respect to any progressive motion of the whole needle . Thus , when the end of a magnet is placed under a surface on which iron filings are spread , and the sur- face ...
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... round a cylinder , also destroys its polarity , and the operation of a file has the same effect . Mr. Cavallo has found that brass becomes in general much more capable of being attracted when it has been hammered , even between two ...
... round a cylinder , also destroys its polarity , and the operation of a file has the same effect . Mr. Cavallo has found that brass becomes in general much more capable of being attracted when it has been hammered , even between two ...
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Página 328 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Página 4 - And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing : and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Página 467 - Juggernaut appeared in. view, at a great distance. When the multitude first saw it, they gave a shout, and fell to the ground and worshipped. I have heard nothing to-day but shouts and acclamations by the successive bodies of pilgrims. From the place where I now stand I have a view of a host of people like an army, encamped at the outer gate of the town of Juggernaut ; where a guard of soldiers is posted to prevent their entering the town, until they have paid the pilgrim's tax.
Página 473 - But the voices I now heard, were not those of melody or of joyful acclamation ; for there is no harmony in the praise of Moloch's worshippers. Their number, indeed, brought to my mind the countless multitude of the Revelations ; but their voices gave no tuneful...
Página 328 - And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people : and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
Página 329 - And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
Página 560 - The sculls were so tender, that they generally fell to pieces on being touched. The other bones were stronger. There were some teeth which were judged to be smaller than those of an adult ; a scull, which on a slight view, appeared to be that...
Página 560 - Appearances certainly indicate that it has derived both origin and growth from the accustomary collection of bones, and deposition of them together ; that the first collection had been deposited on the common surface of the earth, a few stones put over it, and then a covering of earth, that the second had been laid on this, had covered more or less of it in proportion to the number of bones, and was then also covered with earth ; and so on.
Página 560 - Upon the whole, the learned bishop remarks, that of the two it appears much more difficult to assign a number and bulk of necessary things to answer the capacity of the ark than to find sufficient room for the several species of animals already known to have been there.
Página 142 - ... till it crystallizes on cooling. Alter the position of every crystal, once at least every day, with a glass rod, that all the faces may be alternately exposed to the action of the liquid ; for the face on which the crystal rests never receives any increase.