XX Century Cyclopaedia and Atlas: Biography, History, Art, Science and Gazeteer of the World, Том 4Gebbie & Company, 1901 |
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... kind of clay , consist- ing chiefly of silica and alumina , capable of sustaining intense heat , and used in making fire - bricks , gas - retorts , crucibles , & c . The most highly esteemed fire - clay is that of Stourbridge , which is ...
... kind of clay , consist- ing chiefly of silica and alumina , capable of sustaining intense heat , and used in making fire - bricks , gas - retorts , crucibles , & c . The most highly esteemed fire - clay is that of Stourbridge , which is ...
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... kind of trough made of stout sail - cloth , protected by an outer trough of copper wire net . This trough is used for lowering people from a burning house who are unable from fear or other causes to descend the ladder . Firefly , a name ...
... kind of trough made of stout sail - cloth , protected by an outer trough of copper wire net . This trough is used for lowering people from a burning house who are unable from fear or other causes to descend the ladder . Firefly , a name ...
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... kind of game with a ball , origi- nally called hand - tennis , played on a level piece of ground with a smooth wall , against which the ball is struck after its first re- bound from the ground : so named probably . from its being ...
... kind of game with a ball , origi- nally called hand - tennis , played on a level piece of ground with a smooth wall , against which the ball is struck after its first re- bound from the ground : so named probably . from its being ...
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... kind of wall - paper , having raised figures resembling cloth , made of flock , or of cloth cut up very fine , and attached to the paper by size or varnish . Flodden , a village of England , in Nor- thumberland , about 5 miles S.E. of ...
... kind of wall - paper , having raised figures resembling cloth , made of flock , or of cloth cut up very fine , and attached to the paper by size or varnish . Flodden , a village of England , in Nor- thumberland , about 5 miles S.E. of ...
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... kind , but usually less intense , which is observed after the light from the source is cut off . Both forms of the phenomenon occur in a strongly - marked degree in the same bodies . Canary - glass , which is coloured with oxide of ...
... kind , but usually less intense , which is observed after the light from the source is cut off . Both forms of the phenomenon occur in a strongly - marked degree in the same bodies . Canary - glass , which is coloured with oxide of ...
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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...