Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland [ed. by W. Smellie]. Suppl. to the 3rd. ed., by G. Gleig, Том 12 |
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... afterwards of Peter Laftman . He excelled principally in painting portraits ; but he alfo executed several historical fubjects with great fuccefs . He came over to England , where he refided three years , and painted the portraits of ...
... afterwards of Peter Laftman . He excelled principally in painting portraits ; but he alfo executed several historical fubjects with great fuccefs . He came over to England , where he refided three years , and painted the portraits of ...
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... afterwards only feen by that eye which has been fhut . Before the diamond is brought into the dark room , it must be expofed to the funfhine , or at least to the open daylight , to imbibe a fufficient quantity of rays ; and this is done ...
... afterwards only feen by that eye which has been fhut . Before the diamond is brought into the dark room , it must be expofed to the funfhine , or at least to the open daylight , to imbibe a fufficient quantity of rays ; and this is done ...
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... afterwards to 5000. But as these were confined to the city and li- berties , about one - fifth of the whole of London , the number of lamps could not be lefs than 15,000 . The continuance of their burning was alfo increased from 750 to ...
... afterwards to 5000. But as these were confined to the city and li- berties , about one - fifth of the whole of London , the number of lamps could not be lefs than 15,000 . The continuance of their burning was alfo increased from 750 to ...
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... afterwards rebuilt and is at prefent in a flourishing condition . In 1559 an hofpital was erected for the relief of the unfortunate fick , who might otherwife have perished for want of medical aid , Lima and obtained the name of the ...
... afterwards rebuilt and is at prefent in a flourishing condition . In 1559 an hofpital was erected for the relief of the unfortunate fick , who might otherwife have perished for want of medical aid , Lima and obtained the name of the ...
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... afterwards pre- ferred to the curacy of Stenbrohult . We are told , that on the farm where Linnæus was born , there yet ftands a large lime tree , from which his ancestors took the furnames of Tiliander , Lindelius , and Linnæus ; and ...
... afterwards pre- ferred to the curacy of Stenbrohult . We are told , that on the farm where Linnæus was born , there yet ftands a large lime tree , from which his ancestors took the furnames of Tiliander , Lindelius , and Linnæus ; and ...
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Сторінка 233 - A body of nobility is also more peculiarly necessary in our mixed and compounded constitution, in order to support the rights of both the crown and the people, by forming a barrier to withstand the encroachments of both.
Сторінка 269 - I am lawfully called," said he, " to appear in that city, and thither will I go in the name of the Lord, though as many devils as there are tiles on the houses were there combined against me.
Сторінка 290 - Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her...
Сторінка 233 - ... to be precarious. The nobility, therefore, are the pillars, which are reared from among the people, more immediately to support the throne; and, if that falls, they must also be buried under its ruins.
Сторінка 152 - ... as there are a great many other ways by which heat might have been communicated to it. And if we cannot argue from the removal of the antecedent to the removal of the consequent, no more can we from the admission of the consequent to the admis.
Сторінка 72 - The logarithm of the root of a number is found by dividing the logarithm of the number by the index of the root.
Сторінка 327 - These being of different standing and proficiency, he was obliged to divide them into four or five classes, in each of which he employed a full hour every day, from the first of Nov. to the first of June. In the first class he taught the first six books of " Euclid's Elements," plain trigonometry, practical geometry, the elements of fortification, and an introduction to algebra.
Сторінка 14 - ... it, for fome minutes, globules of light as large as the heads of pins. When he prefled thefe globules, they appeared to his touch like a foft and thin pulp ; and fome days after the fea was covered near the coafts with whole banks of thefe little iifh.
Сторінка 191 - The Golden Orb or Globe, put into the king's right hand before he is crowned, and borne in his left, with the sceptre in his right, upon his return into Westminster-hall after he is crowned.
Сторінка 410 - I could walk with, till this soul, like a ray of light, entered into me, and my tongue began to speak, my eye to see, and my foot to walk ; therefore punish it eternally, but deliver me.