Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science: Illustrated with 100 Plates, Volumen6R. Wilks, 1815 |
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... consist wholly of solids nor of fluids , and they must be of three different kinds , possessed of different powers of conducting electricity ; but whether the difference of their conducting powers is of any other consequence than as it ...
... consist wholly of solids nor of fluids , and they must be of three different kinds , possessed of different powers of conducting electricity ; but whether the difference of their conducting powers is of any other consequence than as it ...
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... consists of copper , sulphuret , and water , the tendencies are , first , from the copper to the sul . phuret , and from the water to the copper ; and secondly from the water to the sulphuret : in this instance a chemical action must be ...
... consists of copper , sulphuret , and water , the tendencies are , first , from the copper to the sul . phuret , and from the water to the copper ; and secondly from the water to the sulphuret : in this instance a chemical action must be ...
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... consisting of two pith balls , or of two straws , which are made to diverge by a smaller degree of electricity . Mr. Bennet's electrometer is still more de- licate ; it consists of two small portions of gold leaf , suspended from a ...
... consisting of two pith balls , or of two straws , which are made to diverge by a smaller degree of electricity . Mr. Bennet's electrometer is still more de- licate ; it consists of two small portions of gold leaf , suspended from a ...
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... consists in effecting , by the use of the exciting apparatus , a mutual . communication between any two points of contact , more or less dis tant from one another , in a system of nervous and muscular organs . The sphere of this mutual ...
... consists in effecting , by the use of the exciting apparatus , a mutual . communication between any two points of contact , more or less dis tant from one another , in a system of nervous and muscular organs . The sphere of this mutual ...
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... consists of a number of copper or silver plates ( which last are preferable ) , together with an equal number of plates composed of tin , or still better of zinc , and a similar number of pieces of card , leather , or woollen cloth ...
... consists of a number of copper or silver plates ( which last are preferable ) , together with an equal number of plates composed of tin , or still better of zinc , and a similar number of pieces of card , leather , or woollen cloth ...
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Página 352 - 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 353 - 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 - ... would sometimes be in contact, lying on the face, on the side, on the back, top or bottom, so as, on the whole, to give the idea of bones emptied promiscuously from a bag or basket, and covered over with earth, without any attention to their order.
Página 4 - And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
Página 488 - The idol is a block of wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody colour. His arms are of gold, and he is dressed in gorgeous apparel. The other two idols are of a white and yellow colour. — Five elephants preceded the three towers, bearing towering flags, dressed in crimson caparisons, and having bells hanging to their caparisons, which sounded musically as they moved.
Página 484 - 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 [to the British East Jndia Company].
Página 560 - ... may have been made, they are of considerable notoriety among the Indians: for a party passing, about thirty years ago, through the part of the country where this barrow is, went through the woods directly to it, without any instructions or...
Página 488 - The car moved on a little way, and then stopped. A boy of about twelve years was then brought forth to attempt something yet more lascivious, if peradventure the God would move. The ' child perfected the praise...
Página 8 - None from henceforth shall use to multiply gold or silver, or use the craft of multiplication; and if any the same do, he shall incur the pain of felony.
Página 560 - I proceeded then to make a perpendicular cut through the body of the barrow, that I might examine its internal structure. This passed about three feet from its center, was opened to the former surface of the earth, and was wide enough for a man to walk through and examine its sides. At the bottom, that is, on the level of the circumjacent plain, I found bones; above...