The Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine; and Annals of Philosophy, Volumen11824 |
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... Mercury , Venus , Mars , the four new planets , Vesta , Juno , Ceres , and Pallas , Jupiter , with his belts and four moons , Saturn , with his rings and seven moons , and the Georgian Sidus , with his six moons , all revolving , in ...
... Mercury , Venus , Mars , the four new planets , Vesta , Juno , Ceres , and Pallas , Jupiter , with his belts and four moons , Saturn , with his rings and seven moons , and the Georgian Sidus , with his six moons , all revolving , in ...
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... mercury attaches itself to the gold into which it is thrown , and insinuates itself even into the in- terior of the mass ; how , in short , these mixtures sometimes produce these solutions without any appar- ent increase of the total ...
... mercury attaches itself to the gold into which it is thrown , and insinuates itself even into the in- terior of the mass ; how , in short , these mixtures sometimes produce these solutions without any appar- ent increase of the total ...
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... mercury is forced through a piece of dry wood , and made to fall in the form of a shower . If a few ounces of mercury be tied in Divisibility . While we thus agree to consider the masses of natural bodies as com- a bag of sheep - skin ...
... mercury is forced through a piece of dry wood , and made to fall in the form of a shower . If a few ounces of mercury be tied in Divisibility . While we thus agree to consider the masses of natural bodies as com- a bag of sheep - skin ...
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... mercury , from the same cause that makes wood plunged into water mount again to the surface . Withdraw the air , the mercury , and the water , which supported these compara- tively lighter substances , and the smoke , the lead , and the ...
... mercury , from the same cause that makes wood plunged into water mount again to the surface . Withdraw the air , the mercury , and the water , which supported these compara- tively lighter substances , and the smoke , the lead , and the ...
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... mercury , being employed in the ex- periments with the same success . Neither did the uniting wire lose its effect , when interrupted by wa- ter , unless the interruption amount- ed to several inches in length . He also found that the ...
... mercury , being employed in the ex- periments with the same success . Neither did the uniting wire lose its effect , when interrupted by wa- ter , unless the interruption amount- ed to several inches in length . He also found that the ...
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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.