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... fluid , or between two fluids , as oil and water . Thus it is said that a fluid adheres to a solid , as water to the finger dipped into it . ADIPOCERE . Is a term formed of adeps , sig- nifying fat , and cera , signifying wax , and ...
... fluid , or between two fluids , as oil and water . Thus it is said that a fluid adheres to a solid , as water to the finger dipped into it . ADIPOCERE . Is a term formed of adeps , sig- nifying fat , and cera , signifying wax , and ...
الصفحة 53
... fluids are measured . The invention of this instrument is ascribed to Hypatia , the daughter of Theo , in the fourth ... fluid in which it sinks least is the heaviest ; and that in which it sinks lowest is lightest . AREOPAGUS , in ...
... fluids are measured . The invention of this instrument is ascribed to Hypatia , the daughter of Theo , in the fourth ... fluid in which it sinks least is the heaviest ; and that in which it sinks lowest is lightest . AREOPAGUS , in ...
الصفحة 124
... fluid of our body . Some physicians and anato- mists have considered it as alive , and have formed many ingenious hypotheses in support of its vitality . The temperature of this fluid is of considerable im- portance , and appears to ...
... fluid of our body . Some physicians and anato- mists have considered it as alive , and have formed many ingenious hypotheses in support of its vitality . The temperature of this fluid is of considerable im- portance , and appears to ...
الصفحة 127
... fluid healing particles , fluid enough to penetrate into the through that which is said to boil ; and the appear- minutest parts of the animal ; impelled by the heart , ance is the same , whether it is common air , fixed and conveyed by ...
... fluid healing particles , fluid enough to penetrate into the through that which is said to boil ; and the appear- minutest parts of the animal ; impelled by the heart , ance is the same , whether it is common air , fixed and conveyed by ...
الصفحة 135
... fluid ; from the preternatural increase of this fluid in the ventricles of rickety children , which may perhaps be the cause of their uncommon acuteness of mind ; and finally , from the fact , that no animal possesses so capacious and ...
... fluid ; from the preternatural increase of this fluid in the ventricles of rickety children , which may perhaps be the cause of their uncommon acuteness of mind ; and finally , from the fact , that no animal possesses so capacious and ...
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الصفحة 78 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
الصفحة 232 - And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
الصفحة 89 - And they sat down to eat bread ; and they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels, bearing spicery, and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
الصفحة 82 - And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
الصفحة 270 - And he answered and said unto them, "Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
الصفحة 301 - The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs, makes the fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization, furnishes a very striking spectacle.
الصفحة 181 - The duties of children to their parents arise from a principle of natural justice and retribution. For to those who gave us existence we naturally owe subjection and obedience during our minority, and honour and reverence ever after: they who protected the weakness of our infancy are entitled to our protection in the infirmity of their age; they who by sustenance and education have enabled their offspring to prosper, ought in return to be supported by that offspring, in case they stand in need of...
الصفحة 117 - Reasons, to which if they consent not, the Difference to be compounded at the General Meeting, which is to be of the chief Persons of each Company, at the end of the work.
الصفحة 269 - How many merchants and carriers, besides, must have been employed in transporting the materials from some of those workmen to others who often live in a very distant part of the country!
الصفحة 264 - Discretion has large and extended views, and like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon. Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness, that discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance.