XX Century Cyclopaedia and Atlas: Biography, History, Art, Science and Gazeteer of the World, Том 4Gebbie & Company, 1901 |
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... engines are a species of force - pumps , in which the water is sub- jected to pressure sufficient to raise it to the required height . The engine is usually 97 FIRE - ESCAPE furnished with a suction - pipe which XX CENTURY CYCLOPÆDIA. ...
... engines are a species of force - pumps , in which the water is sub- jected to pressure sufficient to raise it to the required height . The engine is usually 97 FIRE - ESCAPE furnished with a suction - pipe which XX CENTURY CYCLOPÆDIA. ...
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... force the mixture through the hose , with a to inch nozzle , about 150 feet . The hose - cart is ordinarily built to carry about 900 feet of hose ; the four- wheeled cart drawn by two horses is pre- ferred for large cities . The hose ...
... force the mixture through the hose , with a to inch nozzle , about 150 feet . The hose - cart is ordinarily built to carry about 900 feet of hose ; the four- wheeled cart drawn by two horses is pre- ferred for large cities . The hose ...
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... forces under Sir Hugh Gough and Sir Henry Hardinge , 21st Dec. 1845 . First - fruits , in the Church of England , the income of every spiritual benefice for the first year , paid originally to the crown , but now to a board , which ...
... forces under Sir Hugh Gough and Sir Henry Hardinge , 21st Dec. 1845 . First - fruits , in the Church of England , the income of every spiritual benefice for the first year , paid originally to the crown , but now to a board , which ...
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... forces under Marshal Jourdan defeated the Aus- trian army . Pop . 5084 . Fleury ( fleu re ) , ANDRÉ HERCULE DE , cardinal and prime - minister of Louis XV . , was born in 1653 , died in 1743. In 1698 Louis XIV . gave him the bishopric ...
... forces under Marshal Jourdan defeated the Aus- trian army . Pop . 5084 . Fleury ( fleu re ) , ANDRÉ HERCULE DE , cardinal and prime - minister of Louis XV . , was born in 1653 , died in 1743. In 1698 Louis XIV . gave him the bishopric ...
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... force of the current of a river is applied to propel a boat guided by a cable fastened from the one side to the other . Flying - buttress . See Buttress . Flying - dragon , or FLYING - LIZARD . Dragon . See Flying Dutchman , a phantom ...
... force of the current of a river is applied to propel a boat guided by a cable fastened from the one side to the other . Flying - buttress . See Buttress . Flying - dragon , or FLYING - LIZARD . Dragon . See Flying Dutchman , a phantom ...
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Стр. 377 - That the quantity of heat produced by the friction of bodies, whether solid or liquid, is always proportional to the quantity of force expended.
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Стр. 107 - The results are found in two important works on the laws of motion, the foundation of the present system of physics and astronomy. At the same time he tried to make use of Jupiter's satellites for the calculation of longitudes ; and though he brought nothing to perfection in this branch, he w^as the first who reflected systematically on such a method of fixing geographical longitudes. He was at this time afflicted with a disease in his eyes, one of which was wholly blind, and the other almost useless,...
Стр. 107 - ... to each of the other planets, according to its distance from the sun, and the inclination of its axis to the plane of its annual revolution ; and out of some such slender materials, he may work up an amusing philosophical romance, full of ingenuity, and having, withal, the colour of truth and of consistency spread over it.
Стр. 484 - Act, shall have in her own name against all persons whomsoever, including her husband, the same civil remedies, and also (subject, as regards her husband, to the proviso hereinafter contained) the same remedies and redress by way of criminal proceedings, for the protection and security of her own separate property, as if such property belonged to her as a feme sole, but, except as aforesaid, no husband or wife shall be entitled to sue the other for a tort.
Стр. 28 - Temple ; but, after a course of dissipation, to which his small fortune fell a sacrifice, he turned his attention to the stage. He appeared first in Othello, but had little success as a tragedian, and soon struck out an untrodden path for himself in his double character of author and performer. In 1747, he opened the little theatre in Haymarket, with a dramatic piece, which he entitled the Diversions of the Morning.
Стр. 272 - ... terminations and expressions, and that not merely to characterize more particularly an individual represented as speaking, but even when they speak in their own person. It is customary to distinguish three leading dialects, according to the three leading branches of the Greeks, the...
Стр. 477 - In 1 804 they arrived at Bordeaux, bringing with them an immense mass of fresh knowledge in geography, geology, climatology, meteorology, botany, zoology, and every branch of natural science, as well as in ethnology and political statistics. Humboldt selected...