A Family Encyclopaedia: Or, An Explanation of Words and Things Connected with All the Arts and Sciences ...Dunning, 1831 - Počet stran: 412 |
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Strana 1
... causes acids to effervesce , as quick lime , soda , & c . ABSORBENT VESSELS . Vessels which carry any fluid into the blood , as the inhalent arteries . ABSORPTION ( in Chymistry . ) The con- version of a gaseous fluid into a liquid or ...
... causes acids to effervesce , as quick lime , soda , & c . ABSORBENT VESSELS . Vessels which carry any fluid into the blood , as the inhalent arteries . ABSORPTION ( in Chymistry . ) The con- version of a gaseous fluid into a liquid or ...
Strana 5
... caused 1803 , was found to contain of silica 54 parts , it to swell and ascend in the space of ten oxide of iron 36 , magnesia 9 , oxide of nickel minutes to the height of 6000 feet : when 3 , sulphur 2 , lime 1 ; their specific gravity ...
... caused 1803 , was found to contain of silica 54 parts , it to swell and ascend in the space of ten oxide of iron 36 , magnesia 9 , oxide of nickel minutes to the height of 6000 feet : when 3 , sulphur 2 , lime 1 ; their specific gravity ...
Strana 10
... causing any explo- sion . Air may be condensed into ten or fifty times smaller space ; its elastic force being thus ... caused by intro- many phenomena shown to arise from its ac - ducing a fermenting substance , and carbonic tion and re ...
... causing any explo- sion . Air may be condensed into ten or fifty times smaller space ; its elastic force being thus ... caused by intro- many phenomena shown to arise from its ac - ducing a fermenting substance , and carbonic tion and re ...
Strana 24
... cause from an inferior to a superior court . APPEARANCE ( in Law . ) The defend- ant's filing common or special bail , when he is served with a copy of or arrested on any pro- cess . There are four ways for defendants to appear to ...
... cause from an inferior to a superior court . APPEARANCE ( in Law . ) The defend- ant's filing common or special bail , when he is served with a copy of or arrested on any pro- cess . There are four ways for defendants to appear to ...
Strana 25
... cause . APROPOS . Just in time . APSIDES . The two points in the orbit of a planet , at the greatest and least distance from the sun . ARABIC , or GUM ARABIC . A transpa- APTERA . The seventh order of insects , rent kind of gum brought ...
... cause . APROPOS . Just in time . APSIDES . The two points in the orbit of a planet , at the greatest and least distance from the sun . ARABIC , or GUM ARABIC . A transpa- APTERA . The seventh order of insects , rent kind of gum brought ...
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A Family Encyclopaedia: Or, An Explanation of Words and Things Connected ... George Crabb Úplné zobrazení - 1831 |
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Strana 146 - And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Strana 154 - An exchange is a mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. The word "exchange...
Strana 387 - A body immersed in a fluid, which is specifically lighter than itself, loses so much of its weight as is equal to the weight of a quantity of the fluid of the same bulk with itself.
Strana 181 - A greater magnitude is said to be a multiple of a less, when the greater is measured by the less, that is, 'when the greater contains the less a certain number of times exactly.' III. Ratio is a mutual relation of two magnitudes of the same kind to one another, in respect of quantity.
Strana 174 - A military punishment in which the criminal running between the ranks receives a lash from each man.
Strana 224 - Watts, is obliged to learn and know every thing ; this can neither be sought nor required, for it is utterly impossible : yet all persons are under some obligation to improve their own understanding, otherwise it will be a barren desert, or a forest overgrown with weeds and brambles. Universal ignorance, or infinite error, will overspread the mind which is utterly neglected and lies without any cultivation.
Strana 158 - ... numberless series of pilasters, arches, castles well delineated, regular columns, lofty towers, superb palaces, with balconies and windows, extended alleys of trees, delightful plains with herds and flocks, armies of men on foot and horseback, and many other strange figures in their natural colors and proper actions, passing rapidly in succession along the surface of the sea, during the whole of the short period of time while the above-mentioned causes remain.
Strana 202 - HOOF. The horny part of the foot of a horse or other cattle. HOOK. A bended iron to hang things upon ; also a bent piece of iron or wire attached to a fishing-rod for catching fish.