The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Том 18Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) 1839 |
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... motion of the lathe with his feet , by pushing the great wheel alternately with each foot , still giving it a greater or less degree of motion as his work re- quires . They work with the lathe with the same instruments , and after the ...
... motion of the lathe with his feet , by pushing the great wheel alternately with each foot , still giving it a greater or less degree of motion as his work re- quires . They work with the lathe with the same instruments , and after the ...
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... motion of the mind ; faculty ; one invested with power ; host ; army ; divinity : powerable is an obsolete adjective for capable of performing : powerful , forcible ; mighty ; in- fluential : the adverb and noun - substantive ...
... motion of the mind ; faculty ; one invested with power ; host ; army ; divinity : powerable is an obsolete adjective for capable of performing : powerful , forcible ; mighty ; in- fluential : the adverb and noun - substantive ...
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... motion of the sun determines the length of day and night , and the vicissitudes of the sea- sons . By a long series of observations the shep- herds of Asia were able to mark out the sun's path in the heavens ; he being always in the op ...
... motion of the sun determines the length of day and night , and the vicissitudes of the sea- sons . By a long series of observations the shep- herds of Asia were able to mark out the sun's path in the heavens ; he being always in the op ...
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... motion is called the precession of the qores , because by it the time and place of De sun's equinoctial station precedes the usual calculations : it is fully confirmed by all subse- quent observations . In 1750 the autumnal equinox was ...
... motion is called the precession of the qores , because by it the time and place of De sun's equinoctial station precedes the usual calculations : it is fully confirmed by all subse- quent observations . In 1750 the autumnal equinox was ...
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... motion of his telescope while observing the polar stars . Thus he estab- lished an incontrovertible argument for the Co- pernican system , and immortalised his name by his discovery of the aberration of the stars . The doctor now ...
... motion of his telescope while observing the polar stars . Thus he estab- lished an incontrovertible argument for the Co- pernican system , and immortalised his name by his discovery of the aberration of the stars . The doctor now ...
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Сторінка 41 - 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 110 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Сторінка 41 - By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestinated unto everlasting life, and others foreordained to everlasting death. " These angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed, and their number is so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished.
Сторінка 370 - And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate" by his side come hot from hell , Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men , groaning for burial.
Сторінка 41 - 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 41 - Those of mankind that are predestinated unto life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to his eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of his will, hath chosen in Christ unto everlasting glory...
Сторінка 260 - From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it ; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores : they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Сторінка 345 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Сторінка 348 - Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Сторінка 389 - When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.