The Popular Science Monthly, Том 28D. Appleton, 1886 |
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... seen , had speculated upon the possibility of such a construction . In 1670 Francis Lana , a Jesuit , had described an apparatus which , al- though impracticable in so far that it could not be built , nevertheless was correct in ...
... seen , had speculated upon the possibility of such a construction . In 1670 Francis Lana , a Jesuit , had described an apparatus which , al- though impracticable in so far that it could not be built , nevertheless was correct in ...
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... seen from the second column that while the greatest lift- ing effect occurs at about an angle of 40 ° , even at so small an angle as 5 ° it is still considerable . The third column gives values for the corresponding horizontal pressures ...
... seen from the second column that while the greatest lift- ing effect occurs at about an angle of 40 ° , even at so small an angle as 5 ° it is still considerable . The third column gives values for the corresponding horizontal pressures ...
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... seen in that twinkling of an eye . What would be the result ? Try the experiment yourself . Go to the window , with your eyes closed . Open and shut them just as quickly as possible , and then try to describe what you have seen in that ...
... seen in that twinkling of an eye . What would be the result ? Try the experiment yourself . Go to the window , with your eyes closed . Open and shut them just as quickly as possible , and then try to describe what you have seen in that ...
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... seen and delineated and retained perfectly in far less than the briefest possible twinkling of a human eye . Before me as I write is an instantaneous photograph upon glass of one of the principal boulevards of Paris , taken about noon ...
... seen and delineated and retained perfectly in far less than the briefest possible twinkling of a human eye . Before me as I write is an instantaneous photograph upon glass of one of the principal boulevards of Paris , taken about noon ...
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... seen , I think , from the analogous instance of the pretty little yellow hop clover . This common and graceful English plant has primrose - colored flowers , and ( as usual with yellow blossoms ) depends mainly for fer- tilization upon ...
... seen , I think , from the analogous instance of the pretty little yellow hop clover . This common and graceful English plant has primrose - colored flowers , and ( as usual with yellow blossoms ) depends mainly for fer- tilization upon ...
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Стр. 41 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Стр. 19 - Thou makest thine appeal to me. I bring to life, I bring to death; The spirit does but mean the breath: I know no more.
Стр. 19 - I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And faintly trust the larger hope.
Стр. 19 - Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete; That not a worm is cloven in vain; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain.
Стр. 18 - Oh yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood ; That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Стр. 413 - Amid the mysteries which become the more mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the ONE absolute certainty, that he is ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed.
Стр. 20 - And he, shall he Man, her last work, who seem'd so fair, Such splendid purpose in his eyes, Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies, Who built him fanes of fruitless prayer, Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law Tho...
Стр. 38 - And what if Trade sow cities Like shells along the shore, And thatch with towns the prairie broad With railways ironed o'er? — They are but sailing foam-bells Along Thought's causing stream, And take their shape and sun-color From him that sends the dream.
Стр. 49 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Стр. 451 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good.