The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volume 6Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... angle of incidence be 50 ° , not more than 7624 fall on its surface ; that the number was reduced to 2031 when the angle was 7 ° ; and to The 5 ° only when the direction was horizontal . And the earth itself , as absorbing a number of ...
... angle of incidence be 50 ° , not more than 7624 fall on its surface ; that the number was reduced to 2031 when the angle was 7 ° ; and to The 5 ° only when the direction was horizontal . And the earth itself , as absorbing a number of ...
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... angle which the nymphæ form with each other . Like the penis it has an erection It is of different sizes in different women ; out in general it is small , and covered with the labia . The preternaturally enlarged clitoris CLI CLI 23.
... angle which the nymphæ form with each other . Like the penis it has an erection It is of different sizes in different women ; out in general it is small , and covered with the labia . The preternaturally enlarged clitoris CLI CLI 23.
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... angle . The two arms of the pallet frame are held together by the collet and screws Y , Y , and the regulation is ... angle which the pendulum is led by one pallet , will be equal to the angle led by the other . To a person unacquainted ...
... angle . The two arms of the pallet frame are held together by the collet and screws Y , Y , and the regulation is ... angle which the pendulum is led by one pallet , will be equal to the angle led by the other . To a person unacquainted ...
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... angle near the lower b , and one at each extremi- ty of the piece ; the parts are put together by rivetting , that ... angles to the flat sides of the faces of the steel piece , and must pass through the axis of the rod . These screws ...
... angle near the lower b , and one at each extremi- ty of the piece ; the parts are put together by rivetting , that ... angles to the flat sides of the faces of the steel piece , and must pass through the axis of the rod . These screws ...
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... angle , and fixed into the dial - plate at the lowermost or mid - night twelve . This plate may represent the earth , and the dot at L , London , or any other place at which the clock is designed to show the times of high and low water ...
... angle , and fixed into the dial - plate at the lowermost or mid - night twelve . This plate may represent the earth , and the dot at L , London , or any other place at which the clock is designed to show the times of high and low water ...
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Page 253 - Forgive a moiety of the principal Glancing an eye of pity on his losses. That have of late so huddled on his back ; Enough to press a royal merchant down. And pluck commiseration of his state From brassy bosoms, and rough hearts of flint, From stubborn Turks, and Tartars, never trained To offices of gentle courtesy.
Page 285 - Thy morning bounties ere I left my home. The biscuit, or confectionary plum ; The fragrant waters on my cheeks bestowed By thy own hand, till fresh they shone and glowed ; All this, and, more endearing still than all, Thy constant flow of love, that knew no fall.
Page 324 - And I saw, and beheld a white horse ; and he that sat on him had a bow ; and a crown was given unto him : and he went forth conquering and to conquer. Rev. vi. 2.
Page 284 - I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no ; Tis clear that they were always able To hold discourse at least in fable. And even the child, who knows no better Than to interpret by the letter A story of a cock and bull, Must have a most uncommon skull.
Page 37 - Behold the picture ! Is it like t Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip. And then skip down again. Pronounce a text. Cry hem, and reading, what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene. Cowper.
Page 290 - But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim» Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
Page 247 - Whatever hypocrites austerely talk Of purity, and place, and innocence, Defaming as impure what God declares Pure, and commands to some, leaves free to all. Our Maker bids increase : who bids abstain But our destroyer, foe to God and man
Page 286 - Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man; and therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he
Page 190 - many and very great restrictions. Such colonists carry with them only so much of the English law as is applicable to their own situation, and the condition of an infant colony : such for instance, as the general rules for inheritance, and of protection from personal injuries. The artificial refinements and distinctions incident to the property of a
Page 125 - in the various separations and new associations and motions of these permanent particles : compound bodies being apt to break, not in the midst of solid particles, but where these particles are laid together, and touch in a few points. It seems farther, that these particles have not only a vis