The Poetry of Science: Or, Studies of the Physical Phenomena of NatureH. G. Bohn, 1854 - 421 стор. |
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The poetry of science; or, Studies of the physical phenomena of nature Robert Hunt Повний перегляд - 1854 |
The Poetry of Science: Or, Studies of the Physical Phenomena of Nature Robert Hunt Повний перегляд - 1854 |
The Poetry of Science: Or, Studies of the Physical Phenomena of Nature Robert Hunt Повний перегляд - 1854 |
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Сторінка 371 - There is not wind enough in the air To move away the ringlet curl From the lovely lady's cheek— There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
Сторінка 357 - A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more.
Сторінка 207 - Passing to the consideration of electrochemical decomposition, it appears to me that the effect is produced by an internal corpuscular action, exerted according to the direction of the electric current, and that it is due to a force either superadded to, or giving direction to the ordinary chemical affinity of the bodies present.
Сторінка 334 - geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy...
Сторінка 31 - Lectures on the Characters of Shakespeare's Plays. Lectures on the Literature of the Age of Elizabeth, chiefly Dramatic. IRVING (Washington). Lives of Successors of Mohammed. Life of Goldsmith. Sketch-book. Tales of a Traveller. Tour on the Prairies. Conquests of Granada and Spain. Two Parts.
Сторінка 355 - Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They told, how sea-fowls...
Сторінка 227 - De la Rive.— A Treatise on Electricity, in Theory and Practice. By A. DE LA RIVE, Professor in the Academy of Geneva.
Сторінка 4 - HANSARD'S ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF ARCHERY. Being the complete History and Practice of the Art: interspersed with numerous Anecdotes; forming a complete Manual for the Bowman. Svo. Illustrated l>y 39 beautiful Line Engravings, "exquisitely finished, by ENGLEIIEAUT, POUTBURY, etc., after Designs by STEPHASOFJ?
Сторінка 23 - BIBLE: containing Proofs of the Authenticity and Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures; a Summary of the History of the Jews ; an Account of the Jewish Sects ; and a brief Statement of the Contents of the several Books of the Old and New Testaments.
Сторінка 19 - Any of your readers who are so fortunate as to reside amid the romantic scenery of Wales or Scotland could, I doubt not, confirm my experiments by trying the temperature of the water at the top and bottom of a cascade.