Pleasure with Profit: Consisting of Recreations of Divers Kinds, Viz. Numerical, Geometrical, Mechanical, Statical, Astronomical, Horometrical, Cryptographical, Magnetical, Automatical, Chymical, and Historical : Published to Recreate Ingenious Spirits, and to Induce Them to Make Further Scrutiny Into These (and the Like) Sublime Sciences, and to Divert Them from Following Such Vices, to which Youth (in this Age) are So Much Inclin'dRichard Baldwin and John Dunton, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, and at the Raven in the Poultrey, 1694 - 408 páginas |
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Página iv
... foot . Philippides an Athenian , in the space of two days , did run 150 Roman Miles . And one Euclides , another of the fame Countrey , went and returned in one day 125 of the like Miles . But those are the best Exercises , which ...
... foot . Philippides an Athenian , in the space of two days , did run 150 Roman Miles . And one Euclides , another of the fame Countrey , went and returned in one day 125 of the like Miles . But those are the best Exercises , which ...
Página vii
... Foot . The Ancient Roman Weights , and our English , compared . 12 The weight of Spheres of several Metals compared . Of the worth , weight , magnitude , & c . of feveral 13 Metals and Liquors . 14 Of the weight of Water and other ...
... Foot . The Ancient Roman Weights , and our English , compared . 12 The weight of Spheres of several Metals compared . Of the worth , weight , magnitude , & c . of feveral 13 Metals and Liquors . 14 Of the weight of Water and other ...
Página viii
... foot in V. p.24 . 1.5 . r . ( by Concl.IV . ) p.26 . 120. r . ( by Conclu . III . ) p.26 . 41.33 . r . a to e . p.26 . in the under Scheme M is wanting . p.29 . 16 r . ere & t a Perpendicular . p.29 . In the under Scheme P is want- ing ...
... foot in V. p.24 . 1.5 . r . ( by Concl.IV . ) p.26 . 120. r . ( by Conclu . III . ) p.26 . 41.33 . r . a to e . p.26 . in the under Scheme M is wanting . p.29 . 16 r . ere & t a Perpendicular . p.29 . In the under Scheme P is want- ing ...
Página 31
... foot high , and in which were 250 Galleries of 20 Foot broad apiece , it would contain but Four hundred millions of the faid Books : So that there must be to contain the reft no less than 96945092 , Ninety fix millions , nine hundred ...
... foot high , and in which were 250 Galleries of 20 Foot broad apiece , it would contain but Four hundred millions of the faid Books : So that there must be to contain the reft no less than 96945092 , Ninety fix millions , nine hundred ...
Página 35
... foot long , the third ( or uppermost piece ) was as long as the lowermoft piece , and half the middle piece ; and the middle piece was as long as the uppermost and lowermoft together : How high was this May Pole , and how long each ...
... foot long , the third ( or uppermost piece ) was as long as the lowermoft piece , and half the middle piece ; and the middle piece was as long as the uppermost and lowermoft together : How high was this May Pole , and how long each ...
Términos y frases comunes
Afad Afterifm againſt Akrab alfo alſo Angle Arabick Arabs Arabs called Arch Archimedes becauſe Cafe Center CHAP Circle Compaffes confifts Conftellation defcribe Diameter Digit diſtance divided draw the line Earth Eclipfe equal Equation Extreams faid fame fecond feem feen felf fetting one foot feven feveral fhadow fhall fhew fhould fide fignifying Figure firft firſt flain fmall fome fometimes ftand fuch fuppofe given Line Greeks hath Heaven Hour Hour-Line Hyginus Inches Inftrument Jupiter laft Laftly Leffer lefs length likewife meaſure Meridian at Midnight Moon motion multiplied muſt Nekra Number obferve oppofite Perfons Perpendicular Planets Pofitive Point Pole Pound Product Proportion Protractor Ptolomy Quantity Quotient Ras al Ghul Reafon reft reprefent Right Line Root Saturn Semicircle ſhall Square ſtand Stars thefe themſelves thereof theſe thofe thoſe Triangle Troy Weight unto uſe Water Weft Weight whofe
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Página 24 - His going forth is from the end of the heaven, And his circuit unto the ends of it : And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Página 11 - God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Página 10 - ... since the same weight which in its fall does turn the wheel, is, by the turning of the wheel, carried up again. Or, if the water, falling upon one wheel, would not be forcible enough for this effect, why then there might be two, or three, or more, according as the length and elevation of the instrument will admit ; by which means the weight of it may be so multiplied in the fall that it shall be...
Página 11 - But on the other side, if all the water falling upon one wheel, would be able to turn it round, then half of it would serve with two wheels ; and the rest may be so disposed of in the fall, as to serve unto some other useful delightful ends. When I first thought of this invention, I could...
Página 9 - Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Or, 2.
Página 27 - ... equal to the square root of the numerator divided by the square root of the denominator.
Página 31 - ... so that every day the planet that rules the day comes forth, the rest being hid within the frames, till they come out...
Página 60 - B, from B to C, from C to D, from D to E, and from E to A ; and measure the distances AB, BC, CD, DE, and EA.
Página 11 - H, shall consequently give a circular motion to the whole screw : or if this alone should be too weak for the turning of it, then the same water which falls from the wheel H, being received into the other vessel F, may from thence again descend on the wheel I ; by which means the force of it will be doubled *. And...
Página ii - I'll- give you leave to punish me. Thus as soon may the same meat please all palats, as the same sport suit with all dispositions.