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... sort of inflammable air - ballons that were ever made . € But while aerostation seemed thus on the point of being made known in Britain , it was all at once announced in France , by two brothers , Stephen and John Montgolfier , natives ...
... sort of inflammable air - ballons that were ever made . € But while aerostation seemed thus on the point of being made known in Britain , it was all at once announced in France , by two brothers , Stephen and John Montgolfier , natives ...
Page 69
... sort of car was suspended a few feet below the lower part of the balloon ; and in order to prevent the bursting of the machine , a valve was placed in it ; by opening of which some of the inflammable air might be oc- casionally let out ...
... sort of car was suspended a few feet below the lower part of the balloon ; and in order to prevent the bursting of the machine , a valve was placed in it ; by opening of which some of the inflammable air might be oc- casionally let out ...
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... sort , viz . of oiled silk , with a net , from which ropes proceeded , which termi . nated in , or were jointed to , a single rope at a few feet below the balloon . To this rope the parachute was fastened in the following The reader may ...
... sort , viz . of oiled silk , with a net , from which ropes proceeded , which termi . nated in , or were jointed to , a single rope at a few feet below the balloon . To this rope the parachute was fastened in the following The reader may ...
Page 84
... sort of inverted vessel , to the upper aper- ture of which the balloon is adapted . Things thus prepared , if the part of the vessel is put into the fire , and made red - hot , the inflammable air produced will come out of the tube ...
... sort of inverted vessel , to the upper aper- ture of which the balloon is adapted . Things thus prepared , if the part of the vessel is put into the fire , and made red - hot , the inflammable air produced will come out of the tube ...
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... sort that have been used with any probable success ; and as Mr. Cavallo observes , they seem to be capable of considerable improve . ment , though much is not to be expected from them , when the machine goes at a great rate . It is a ...
... sort that have been used with any probable success ; and as Mr. Cavallo observes , they seem to be capable of considerable improve . ment , though much is not to be expected from them , when the machine goes at a great rate . It is a ...
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Page 328 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Page 2 - And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing : and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Page 467 - Juggernaut appeared in. view, at a great distance. When the multitude first saw it, they gave a shout, and fell to the ground and worshipped. I have heard nothing to-day but shouts and acclamations by the successive bodies of pilgrims. From the place where I now stand I have a view of a host of people like an army, encamped at the outer gate of the town of Juggernaut ; where a guard of soldiers is posted to prevent their entering the town, until they have paid the pilgrim's tax.
Page 473 - But the voices I now heard, were not those of melody or of joyful acclamation ; for there is no harmony in the praise of Moloch's worshippers. Their number, indeed, brought to my mind the countless multitude of the Revelations ; but their voices gave no tuneful...
Page 328 - And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people : and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
Page 329 - And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
Page 560 - The sculls were so tender, that they generally fell to pieces on being touched. The other bones were stronger. There were some teeth which were judged to be smaller than those of an adult ; a scull, which on a slight view, appeared to be that...
Page 560 - Appearances certainly indicate that it has derived both origin and growth from the accustomary collection of bones, and deposition of them together ; that the first collection had been deposited on the common surface of the earth, a few stones put over it, and then a covering of earth, that the second had been laid on this, had covered more or less of it in proportion to the number of bones, and was then also covered with earth ; and so on.
Page 560 - Upon the whole, the learned bishop remarks, that of the two it appears much more difficult to assign a number and bulk of necessary things to answer the capacity of the ark than to find sufficient room for the several species of animals already known to have been there.
Page 142 - ... till it crystallizes on cooling. Alter the position of every crystal, once at least every day, with a glass rod, that all the faces may be alternately exposed to the action of the liquid ; for the face on which the crystal rests never receives any increase.