The Book of the Farm, Volum 1W. Blackwood, 1852 |
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Pàgina xi
... observed that the work is printed alternately in small and in large type . The information imparted by the large type has been chiefly derived from my own experience and observation ; and where- ever that has coincided with the dicta of ...
... observed that the work is printed alternately in small and in large type . The information imparted by the large type has been chiefly derived from my own experience and observation ; and where- ever that has coincided with the dicta of ...
Pàgina 4
... observation . 13. The next difficulty the pupil encoun- ters is in the variety of the labours per- formed . He not only sees arrangements made to execute the same sort , but various kinds of work . He discovers this diffe- rence on ...
... observation . 13. The next difficulty the pupil encoun- ters is in the variety of the labours per- formed . He not only sees arrangements made to execute the same sort , but various kinds of work . He discovers this diffe- rence on ...
Pàgina 8
... observed , must revolve ere the entire labours of a farm are completed in the field , and the pupil understand what he is about ; and a whole year is too long time for him to be kept in a state of uncertainty . Could the pupil find a ...
... observed , must revolve ere the entire labours of a farm are completed in the field , and the pupil understand what he is about ; and a whole year is too long time for him to be kept in a state of uncertainty . Could the pupil find a ...
Pàgina 20
... observe the advantages he would derive by studying them . It is well observed by Sir John Herschell that , " between the physical sciences and the arts of life there subsists a constant mutual interchange of good offices , and no consi ...
... observe the advantages he would derive by studying them . It is well observed by Sir John Herschell that , " between the physical sciences and the arts of life there subsists a constant mutual interchange of good offices , and no consi ...
Pàgina 23
... observed than the variations of the column of mercury , makes it more popular among farmers , I know not ; but were ... observations of the mean height of the mercury are taken , its height above the level of the sea may be correctly ...
... observed than the variations of the column of mercury , makes it more popular among farmers , I know not ; but were ... observations of the mean height of the mercury are taken , its height above the level of the sea may be correctly ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 70 - Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air.
Pàgina 69 - The rising vapours catch the silver light: Thence Fancy measures, as they parting fly, Which first will throw its shadow on the eye, Passing the source of light; and thence away, Succeeded quick by brighter still than they.
Pàgina 146 - That wave and glitter in the distant sun. When, if a sudden gust of wind arise, The brittle forest into atoms flies: The crackling wood beneath the tempest bends, And in a spangled shower the prospect ends...
Pàgina 41 - Other combustibles ; it consumes none while idle ; it never tires, and wants no sleep ; it is not subject to malady when originally well made, and only refuses to work when worn out with age ; it is equally active in all climates, and will do work of any kind...
Pàgina 41 - In the present perfect state of the engine, it appears a thing almost endowed with intelligence. It regulates with perfect accuracy and uniformity the number of its strokes in a given time, counting or recording them moreover, to tell how much work it has done, as a clock records the beats of its pendulum ; it regulates the quantity of steam admitted to work ; the briskness of the fire ; the supply of water to the boiler ; the supply of coals to the fire...
Pàgina 148 - After a northerly wind, for the most of two months or more, and then coming south, there are usually three or four fair days at first, and then on the fourth or fifth day comes rain, or else the wind turns north again and continues dry.
Pàgina 111 - Earth, sand, gravel, stones, and other transported matter which has been washed away and thrown down by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.
Pàgina 500 - March hack ham, comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb. A bushel of March dust is worth a king's ransom. March grass never did good. A windy March and a rainy April make a beautiful May.
Pàgina 41 - ... originally well made, and only refuses to work when worn out with age ; it is equally active in all climates, and will do work of any kind ; it is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cottonspinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c.
Pàgina 585 - ... drought, and destitute of all vegetation, except that of a few thistles. A square foot of the dead turf being dug up...