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... meridian , which had been previously determined . The copper needle was then taken away , and the magnetized needle put in the stirrup ; and as soon as it was at rest in the magnetic meridian , the suspending wire was twisted by turning ...
... meridian , which had been previously determined . The copper needle was then taken away , and the magnetized needle put in the stirrup ; and as soon as it was at rest in the magnetic meridian , the suspending wire was twisted by turning ...
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... meridian patient ; but still there is sufficient evidence of its high mark . The spring must press pretty strongly against the utility in cases which , without it , would have been quite or screw , and there should be a clamping button ...
... meridian patient ; but still there is sufficient evidence of its high mark . The spring must press pretty strongly against the utility in cases which , without it , would have been quite or screw , and there should be a clamping button ...
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... meridian of the place of observation . Now the meridian is a great circle which passes through the zenith and the pole , and the instrument is adjusted when the line of sight is a portion of the meridian during the whole rota- tion of ...
... meridian of the place of observation . Now the meridian is a great circle which passes through the zenith and the pole , and the instrument is adjusted when the line of sight is a portion of the meridian during the whole rota- tion of ...
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... meridian mark north and south at a consi- derable distance , or two near marks , which are made distinct by interposing lenses . At Greenwich and Cambridge a south meridian mark is combined with a supplementary transit in the north slit ...
... meridian mark north and south at a consi- derable distance , or two near marks , which are made distinct by interposing lenses . At Greenwich and Cambridge a south meridian mark is combined with a supplementary transit in the north slit ...
Стр. 126
... meridian ; but if the observer has nothing but a transit instrument and a chronometer , he must place it as near as he can guess in the meridian , * and level the axis pretty carefully . A moderate knowledge of the heavens will tell ...
... meridian ; but if the observer has nothing but a transit instrument and a chronometer , he must place it as near as he can guess in the meridian , * and level the axis pretty carefully . A moderate knowledge of the heavens will tell ...
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Стр. 71 - The inhabitants believe that these animals are absolutely deaf; certainly they do not overhear a person walking close behind them. I was always amused, when overtaking one of these great monsters as it was quietly pacing along, to see how suddenly, the instant I passed, it would draw in its head and legs, and uttering a deep hiss fall to the ground with a heavy sound, as if struck dead.
Стр. 105 - For failings he had undoubtedly — many of us remember them; we are this day considering the effect of them. But he had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate, passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls. He worshipped that goddess wheresoever she appeared; but he paid his particular devotions to her in her favourite habitation, in her chosen temple, the House of Commons.
Стр. 172 - ... if two or more distinct treasons of divers heads or kinds, shall be alleged in one bill of indictment, one witness produced to prove one of the said treasons, and another witness to prove another of the said treasons, shall not be deemed or taken to be two witnesses to the same treason within the meaning of this act.
Стр. 170 - When a man doth compass or imagine the death of our lord the King, or of our Lady his Queen, or of their eldest son and heir; or if a man do violate the King's companion, or the King's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the King's eldest son and heir...
Стр. 70 - Much too wise to walk into a well :" and has so much discernment as not to fall down a haha; but to stop and withdraw from the brink with the readiest precaution. Though he loves warm weather, he avoids the hot sun ; because his thick shell, when once heated, would, as the poet says of solid armour —
Стр. 105 - Perhaps there never arose in this country, nor in any country, a man of a more pointed and finished wit ; and (where his passions were not concerned) of a more refined, exquisite, and penetrating judgment.
Стр. 70 - The old Sussex tortoise that I have mentioned to you so often is become my property. I dug it out of its winter dormitory in March last, when it was enough awakened to express its resentments by hissing; and, packing it in a box with earth, carried it eighty miles in post-chaises.