The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 9
... observations in the mountains of that country . In 1752 , he began to keep a regular journal of his daily occupations , which he uninteruptedly continued to the end of his life , and which is highly esteemed by the learned . Lambert was ...
... observations in the mountains of that country . In 1752 , he began to keep a regular journal of his daily occupations , which he uninteruptedly continued to the end of his life , and which is highly esteemed by the learned . Lambert was ...
Page 10
... observe men and the course of business , or because his being accustomed to analyse incapacitated him from discerning ... observed them as strictly as the rules of arithmetic in calculating . Hence , nothing could affect the calmness of ...
... observe men and the course of business , or because his being accustomed to analyse incapacitated him from discerning ... observed them as strictly as the rules of arithmetic in calculating . Hence , nothing could affect the calmness of ...
Page 18
... observed distances of the moon and stars , and which might occasion in the longitude an error of fifty nautical leagues . Mr. Ramsden , therefore , changed the construction in regard to the centre , and made these instru- ments so ...
... observed distances of the moon and stars , and which might occasion in the longitude an error of fifty nautical leagues . Mr. Ramsden , therefore , changed the construction in regard to the centre , and made these instru- ments so ...
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... observations on an essay , on the study of natural philosophy , which appeared in the number of the Port Folio , for November last . The author informs us , that the science of hydrostatics teaches the properties of nonelastic fluids ...
... observations on an essay , on the study of natural philosophy , which appeared in the number of the Port Folio , for November last . The author informs us , that the science of hydrostatics teaches the properties of nonelastic fluids ...
Page 20
... observed to differ from other fluids , first in not possessing the property of congelation , and secondly , from its not being uniformly dense throughout . " This displays the grossest ignorance of the present state of experimental ...
... observed to differ from other fluids , first in not possessing the property of congelation , and secondly , from its not being uniformly dense throughout . " This displays the grossest ignorance of the present state of experimental ...
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