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 3
... four cubical feet to each burner per hour , The bat's wing burner should not consume more than three cubic feet per hour . Besides the different varieties of coal , some of which , as has been hinted , are much preferable to others ...
... four cubical feet to each burner per hour , The bat's wing burner should not consume more than three cubic feet per hour . Besides the different varieties of coal , some of which , as has been hinted , are much preferable to others ...
Strana 4
... four and a half each pound . Mr. Russell , of London , has stated the quantity from Newcastle coal to be the same , four feet and a half per pound . Mr. Dewy , in a paper in the Annals of Philosophy , asserts , that at Liverpool , Mr ...
... four and a half each pound . Mr. Russell , of London , has stated the quantity from Newcastle coal to be the same , four feet and a half per pound . Mr. Dewy , in a paper in the Annals of Philosophy , asserts , that at Liverpool , Mr ...
Strana 10
... four to the lb. , will be 24 lbs . , costing 2s . 11d . , one - tenth part will be consumed in each hour , and the cost of the light is then 34d . per hour . If wax - candles be employed , the expense of a quantity of light equal to a ...
... four to the lb. , will be 24 lbs . , costing 2s . 11d . , one - tenth part will be consumed in each hour , and the cost of the light is then 34d . per hour . If wax - candles be employed , the expense of a quantity of light equal to a ...
Strana 13
... four times greater than the pressure which the pipes will have to sustain by the gas they are to convey . If the mains are air - tight , the gas - holder will remain stationary ; but , if they are not sound , the gas - holder will ...
... four times greater than the pressure which the pipes will have to sustain by the gas they are to convey . If the mains are air - tight , the gas - holder will remain stationary ; but , if they are not sound , the gas - holder will ...
Strana 14
... four iron pillars at the four points of each gasometer , with an end- less chain fixed and made tight round the pillars and gasometer ; the latter is attached on one side of the pillars only , by which means it rises and falls as other ...
... four iron pillars at the four points of each gasometer , with an end- less chain fixed and made tight round the pillars and gasometer ; the latter is attached on one side of the pillars only , by which means it rises and falls as other ...
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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.