The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Parte2,Volumen5Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... earth , or 3. An oxide . 313. We have already observed ( see ACID ) that the theory of Lavoisier , which regarded oxygen as the universal principle of acidity , is not consistent with more recent observations and discoveries ; but that ...
... earth , or 3. An oxide . 313. We have already observed ( see ACID ) that the theory of Lavoisier , which regarded oxygen as the universal principle of acidity , is not consistent with more recent observations and discoveries ; but that ...
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... earth , the prussic acid was supposed to be united in the triple compounds . Mr. Porrett , however , has rendered it more probable that the oxide is really an element of the acid , and not a base ; for he finds that when the triple ...
... earth , the prussic acid was supposed to be united in the triple compounds . Mr. Porrett , however , has rendered it more probable that the oxide is really an element of the acid , and not a base ; for he finds that when the triple ...
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... earth to give to the first metallurgists a place in mythology . Happy had their idolatry been always confined to such real benefactors . Inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes , Quique sui memores , alios fecêre merendo . By ...
... earth to give to the first metallurgists a place in mythology . Happy had their idolatry been always confined to such real benefactors . Inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes , Quique sui memores , alios fecêre merendo . By ...
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... earth with which it is contaminated . It is found in masses of different shapes and sizes , and some- times in small round nodules like peas . Some of the globular masses are called ætites . is abundant in the coal formations of Shrop ...
... earth with which it is contaminated . It is found in masses of different shapes and sizes , and some- times in small round nodules like peas . Some of the globular masses are called ætites . is abundant in the coal formations of Shrop ...
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... earth , ' and we shall take the liberty of extracting that author's account of it , whose words we have just quoted . 1041. Carbonate of lime , ' says Mr.Brande , ' is the most abundant compound of this earth . When lime water is ...
... earth , ' and we shall take the liberty of extracting that author's account of it , whose words we have just quoted . 1041. Carbonate of lime , ' says Mr.Brande , ' is the most abundant compound of this earth . When lime water is ...
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Página 646 - Know therefore and Understand, that from the going forth of the commandment, to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks.
Página 646 - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Página 547 - For life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it.
Página 646 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Página 614 - The wild exploits of those romantic knights who sallied forth in quest of adventures, are well known, and have been treated with proper ridicule. The political and permanent effects of the spirit of chivalry have been less observed.
Página 614 - ... points. The admiration of these qualities, together with the high distinctions and prerogatives conferred on knighthood in every part of Europe, inspired persons of noble birth, on some occasions, with a species of military fanaticism, and led them to extravagant enterprises. But they deeply imprinted on their minds the principles of generosity and honour.
Página 547 - ... and It is therefore best that these rules should be observed; as the game...
Página 706 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Página 646 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Página 728 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.