The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Svazek 10Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Strana 2
... common coal em- ployed in the furnaces for heating the retorts , amounting to about five chaldrons for every five- and - twenty chaldrons submitted to distillation , and the expense incurred by wear and tear , with the wages of the ...
... common coal em- ployed in the furnaces for heating the retorts , amounting to about five chaldrons for every five- and - twenty chaldrons submitted to distillation , and the expense incurred by wear and tear , with the wages of the ...
Strana 6
... common train of wheel- work , composed of any number of wheels . The pinion on the axis of one wheel , acts into the circumference of the next wheel , and , the circum- ference of the wheel being as ten to one , it is obvious while the ...
... common train of wheel- work , composed of any number of wheels . The pinion on the axis of one wheel , acts into the circumference of the next wheel , and , the circum- ference of the wheel being as ten to one , it is obvious while the ...
Strana 9
... common circumstances , in proportion to the quantity of carbon present , it is evident that the gas which contains a greater proportion of olefiant gas , or supercarbureted hy- drogen than coal gas , will yield a better and brighter ...
... common circumstances , in proportion to the quantity of carbon present , it is evident that the gas which contains a greater proportion of olefiant gas , or supercarbureted hy- drogen than coal gas , will yield a better and brighter ...
Strana 13
... common air , and connected , by means of a small pipe , with the system of the mains , to be tried . This gas - holder should be made to act with a pressure at least four times greater than the pressure which the pipes will have to ...
... common air , and connected , by means of a small pipe , with the system of the mains , to be tried . This gas - holder should be made to act with a pressure at least four times greater than the pressure which the pipes will have to ...
Strana 15
... common condensing syringe , having a solid piston worked by a lever , with shears and a guide to produce a vertical motion . As a considerable degree of heat is created during the condensation of the gas , the pump must be kept cool by ...
... common condensing syringe , having a solid piston worked by a lever , with shears and a guide to produce a vertical motion . As a considerable degree of heat is created during the condensation of the gas , the pump must be kept cool by ...
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Strana 156 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Strana 331 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Strana 32 - I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear : Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Strana 22 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Strana 341 - I am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast He was. We were. You were. They were.
Strana 376 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.
Strana 174 - What years, i' faith ? Vio. About your years, my lord. Duke. Too old, by heaven; let still the woman take An elder than herself ; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are.
Strana 330 - An Adjective is a word added to a substantive, to express its quality : as, " An industrious man ; a virtuous woman.
Strana 34 - tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Strana 124 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.