Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Том 18John Brown, 1816 |
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... manner from the phenomena . Indeed he was the first who had the patience to reflect on the phenomena with any precifion . His difcove- ies in gravitation naturally gave his thoughts this turn , and he very early hinted his fufpicions ...
... manner from the phenomena . Indeed he was the first who had the patience to reflect on the phenomena with any precifion . His difcove- ies in gravitation naturally gave his thoughts this turn , and he very early hinted his fufpicions ...
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... manner , the area MDHN is equal to SDX DH , or to KA × DH ; consequently the area lying be- yond any ordinate proportional to that ordinate . Thefe geometrical properties of this curve are all analogous to the chief circumftances in the ...
... manner , the area MDHN is equal to SDX DH , or to KA × DH ; consequently the area lying be- yond any ordinate proportional to that ordinate . Thefe geometrical properties of this curve are all analogous to the chief circumftances in the ...
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... manner with a white spot , which undergoes fimilar changes . This is precife ly the appearance which the fnowy circumpolar regions of this earth will exhibit to an aftronomer on Mars . The atmosphere of JUPITER is alfo very fimilar to ...
... manner with a white spot , which undergoes fimilar changes . This is precife ly the appearance which the fnowy circumpolar regions of this earth will exhibit to an aftronomer on Mars . The atmosphere of JUPITER is alfo very fimilar to ...
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... manner of applying thefe experiments on the expanfion of mercury to our purpose , is to reduce the obferved height of the mercury to what it would have been if it were of the temperature 32. Thus , fuppofe that the obferved mercurial ...
... manner of applying thefe experiments on the expanfion of mercury to our purpose , is to reduce the obferved height of the mercury to what it would have been if it were of the temperature 32. Thus , fuppofe that the obferved mercurial ...
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... manner the particles of the third ftratum , and fo on to the middle ftratum or thread of fluid . The fact , therefore , is , that this fort of friction is not a confequence of rigidity alone , but that it is equally competent to fluids ...
... manner the particles of the third ftratum , and fo on to the middle ftratum or thread of fluid . The fact , therefore , is , that this fort of friction is not a confequence of rigidity alone , but that it is equally competent to fluids ...
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Сторінка 258 - GOD from all eternity did by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass : yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.
Сторінка 44 - The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heav'n to earth, from earth to heav'n; And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
Сторінка 274 - And secondly, it means that the prerogative of the crown extends not to do any injury: it is created for the benefit of the people, and therefore cannot be exerted to their prejudice.
Сторінка 259 - Christ unto everlasting glory, out of his mere free grace and love, without any foresight of faith or good works, or perseverance in either of them, or any other thing in the creature, as conditions or causes moving him thereunto, and all to the praise of his glorious grace.
Сторінка 236 - And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. Duch. Alas ! poor Richard ! where rides he the while ? York. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...
Сторінка 276 - What is done by the royal authority, with regard to foreign powers, is the act of the whole nation; what is done without the king's concurrence, is the act only of private men.
Сторінка 98 - Pollute with sinful blame, The saintly veil of maiden white to throw; Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformities.
Сторінка 223 - He was perfumed like a milliner, And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose and took't away again; Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff...
Сторінка 222 - But poverty, though it does not prevent the generation, is extremely unfavourable to the rearing of children. The tender plant is produced, but in so cold a soil, and so severe a climate, soon withers and dies. It is not uncommon, I have been frequently told, in the Highlands of Scotland for a mother who has borne twenty children not to have two alive.
Сторінка 277 - England it hath always been holden, that the king is lord of the whole shore, and particularly is the guardian of the ports and havens, which are the inlets and gates of the realm; and therefore, so early as the reign of King John, we find ships seized by the king's officers for putting in at a place that was not a legal port.