Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, المجلد 18John Brown, 1816 |
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... proportion de- pending on their quantities of matter , the larger bodies attracting more of it than the fmaller ones , and thus forming an atmosphere about each . And many appearances warrant this fuppofition . Ju- piter , Mars , Saturn ...
... proportion de- pending on their quantities of matter , the larger bodies attracting more of it than the fmaller ones , and thus forming an atmosphere about each . And many appearances warrant this fuppofition . Ju- piter , Mars , Saturn ...
الصفحة 7
... proportion that the fubtangent is in- creased ; or , when the air is more expanded than 17781,513 , the mercury , it will require a greater height of homogeneous atmosphere to balance 30 inches of mercury , and a given fall of mercury ...
... proportion that the fubtangent is in- creased ; or , when the air is more expanded than 17781,513 , the mercury , it will require a greater height of homogeneous atmosphere to balance 30 inches of mercury , and a given fall of mercury ...
الصفحة 9
... proportion to the capacity of the ball . This apparatus was fet in a long cylinder filled with frigorific mixtures , or with water , which could be uniformly heated up to the boiling tem- perature , and was accompanied by a nice ther ...
... proportion to the capacity of the ball . This apparatus was fet in a long cylinder filled with frigorific mixtures , or with water , which could be uniformly heated up to the boiling tem- perature , and was accompanied by a nice ther ...
الصفحة 10
... proportion with the denfity however , is founded on a gratuitous fuppofition of the mercury ; and the elevation correfp nuing that the whole intermediate ftratum expands to one tenth of an inch of barometric height will alke , and that ...
... proportion with the denfity however , is founded on a gratuitous fuppofition of the mercury ; and the elevation correfp nuing that the whole intermediate ftratum expands to one tenth of an inch of barometric height will alke , and that ...
الصفحة 11
... proportion with the denfity of the mercury ; and the elevation correfpinding to one tenth of an inch of barometric height will change in the fame proportion . We mutt se con- tented with the remaining imperfections . Foi any purpose ...
... proportion with the denfity of the mercury ; and the elevation correfpinding to one tenth of an inch of barometric height will change in the fame proportion . We mutt se con- tented with the remaining imperfections . Foi any purpose ...
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الصفحة 258 - GOD from all eternity did by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass : yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.
الصفحة 44 - The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heav'n to earth, from earth to heav'n; And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
الصفحة 274 - And secondly, it means that the prerogative of the crown extends not to do any injury: it is created for the benefit of the people, and therefore cannot be exerted to their prejudice.
الصفحة 259 - Christ unto everlasting glory, out of his mere free grace and love, without any foresight of faith or good works, or perseverance in either of them, or any other thing in the creature, as conditions or causes moving him thereunto, and all to the praise of his glorious grace.
الصفحة 236 - And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. Duch. Alas ! poor Richard ! where rides he the while ? York. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...
الصفحة 276 - What is done by the royal authority, with regard to foreign powers, is the act of the whole nation; what is done without the king's concurrence, is the act only of private men.
الصفحة 98 - Pollute with sinful blame, The saintly veil of maiden white to throw; Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformities.
الصفحة 223 - He was perfumed like a milliner, And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose and took't away again; Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff...
الصفحة 222 - But poverty, though it does not prevent the generation, is extremely unfavourable to the rearing of children. The tender plant is produced, but in so cold a soil, and so severe a climate, soon withers and dies. It is not uncommon, I have been frequently told, in the Highlands of Scotland for a mother who has borne twenty children not to have two alive.
الصفحة 277 - England it hath always been holden, that the king is lord of the whole shore, and particularly is the guardian of the ports and havens, which are the inlets and gates of the realm; and therefore, so early as the reign of King John, we find ships seized by the king's officers for putting in at a place that was not a legal port.