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... known ; and we hope that mechanics and others who are acquainted with them , will take a pleasure in communicating them to us for the embellishment of the Second Volume of their own Magazine . Every exertion will be made on our own part ...
... known ; and we hope that mechanics and others who are acquainted with them , will take a pleasure in communicating them to us for the embellishment of the Second Volume of their own Magazine . Every exertion will be made on our own part ...
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... known , that it was owing to this very circum- stance , namely dissatisfaction of an old machine that came into his hands to be repaired , that James Watt was led to his great improvements in the steam - engine . To a thinking mind ...
... known , that it was owing to this very circum- stance , namely dissatisfaction of an old machine that came into his hands to be repaired , that James Watt was led to his great improvements in the steam - engine . To a thinking mind ...
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... known , with the intention of en- joying some friendly conversation with him . He happened , how ever , to call at a time when the Doctor was deeply engaged in in the solution of a problem . On being shown to the door of the library or ...
... known , with the intention of en- joying some friendly conversation with him . He happened , how ever , to call at a time when the Doctor was deeply engaged in in the solution of a problem . On being shown to the door of the library or ...
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... known that the tides run with an amazing velocity ( some say , at the rate of ten miles an hour ) through the Pentland - frith , and round the North and West Coast of Scotland ; but that not finding an easy passage through the North ...
... known that the tides run with an amazing velocity ( some say , at the rate of ten miles an hour ) through the Pentland - frith , and round the North and West Coast of Scotland ; but that not finding an easy passage through the North ...
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... known that there is a current continually running in at the Straits of Gibraltar ; while there seems to be no apparent out- let for the constant influx of the tides , and of those mighty rivers , both in Europe and Africa , that ...
... known that there is a current continually running in at the Straits of Gibraltar ; while there seems to be no apparent out- let for the constant influx of the tides , and of those mighty rivers , both in Europe and Africa , that ...
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Página 23 - Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sit'st above these Heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 449 - THERE was an ancient sage philosopher That had read Alexander Ross over, And swore the world, as he could prove, Was made of fighting and of love. Just so Romances are, for what else Is in them all but love and battles ? O' th' first of these w' have no great matter To treat of, but a world o' th' latter, In which to do the injured right We mean, in what concerns just fight.
Página 290 - Nicole, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same...
Página 438 - By his admirable contrivance, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility— for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which that power can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is as nothing to it.
Página 256 - I found that there were good books in these two sciences in Latin ; I bought a dictionary, and I learned Latin. I understood, also, that there were good books of the same kind in French ; I bought a dictionary, and I learned French. And this, my Lord, is what I have done : it seems to me that we may learn every thing when we know the twentyfour letters of the alphabet.
Página 438 - It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into ribbons, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves.
Página 118 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Página 385 - Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have : I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Página 33 - The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss: to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood.
Página 71 - On the 15th of August, 1643, as I stood at my window, I was surprised with a most wonderful delectable vision. The sea that washes the Sicilian shore swelled up and became, for ten miles in length, like a chain of dark mountains ; while the waters near our Calabrian coast grew quite smooth, and in an instant appeared as one clear polished mirror, reclining against the ridge.