The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 2,Volum 5Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Pàgina 386
... leaf of the con- densing electrometer . If the zinc end be uppermost , and be connected directly with the instrument , the electricity indicated is positive ; if the pin of the electrometer touch the copper , the electricity is negative ...
... leaf of the con- densing electrometer . If the zinc end be uppermost , and be connected directly with the instrument , the electricity indicated is positive ; if the pin of the electrometer touch the copper , the electricity is negative ...
Pàgina 388
... leaves untouched the animal and vegetable kingdoms , or the materials of organic existence , which therefore , as in other treatises , will fall to be considered separately , and after inorganic exis- tence shall have been disposed of ...
... leaves untouched the animal and vegetable kingdoms , or the materials of organic existence , which therefore , as in other treatises , will fall to be considered separately , and after inorganic exis- tence shall have been disposed of ...
Pàgina 400
... leaf ; when , if free from impurities , it will totally evaporate . Boiling oil of turpentine will also dissolve sulphur completely , if it be pure . 438. That sulphur contains hydrogen was proved by the experiments of Sir II . Davy ...
... leaf ; when , if free from impurities , it will totally evaporate . Boiling oil of turpentine will also dissolve sulphur completely , if it be pure . 438. That sulphur contains hydrogen was proved by the experiments of Sir II . Davy ...
Pàgina 416
... leaf , and heated in the same manner . By combining seven parts of platinum with sixteen of copper , and of zinc , Mr. Cooper obtained a mixture much resembling gold . ' Journal of Science and Arts , iii . p . 119 . " For the specific ...
... leaf , and heated in the same manner . By combining seven parts of platinum with sixteen of copper , and of zinc , Mr. Cooper obtained a mixture much resembling gold . ' Journal of Science and Arts , iii . p . 119 . " For the specific ...
Pàgina 419
... leaves a peculiar metallic and astringent flavor upon the tongue . It dissolves in twenty parts of water at 60 ° , and in about half its weight at 212 ° . It is more soluble in alcohol than in water . When heated it readily sublimes in ...
... leaves a peculiar metallic and astringent flavor upon the tongue . It dissolves in twenty parts of water at 60 ° , and in about half its weight at 212 ° . It is more soluble in alcohol than in water . When heated it readily sublimes in ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 646 - Know therefore and Understand, that from the going forth of the commandment, to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks.
Pàgina 646 - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Pàgina 547 - For life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it.
Pàgina 646 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Pàgina 614 - The wild exploits of those romantic knights who sallied forth in quest of adventures, are well known, and have been treated with proper ridicule. The political and permanent effects of the spirit of chivalry have been less observed.
Pàgina 614 - ... points. The admiration of these qualities, together with the high distinctions and prerogatives conferred on knighthood in every part of Europe, inspired persons of noble birth, on some occasions, with a species of military fanaticism, and led them to extravagant enterprises. But they deeply imprinted on their minds the principles of generosity and honour.
Pàgina 547 - ... and It is therefore best that these rules should be observed; as the game...
Pàgina 706 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Pàgina 646 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Pàgina 728 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.