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... vessel , the equilibrium is restored , and the effect is called a shock . If the coatings be removed , the plate will still remain charged , and it may be gradually discharged by making a communication between its several parts in ...
... vessel , the equilibrium is restored , and the effect is called a shock . If the coatings be removed , the plate will still remain charged , and it may be gradually discharged by making a communication between its several parts in ...
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... vessel supported only one - fourth of an inch of mercury in the barometri- cal gage , the sparks passed through a space of nearly half an inch ; and by withdrawing the points from each other , the discharge was made through six or seven ...
... vessel supported only one - fourth of an inch of mercury in the barometri- cal gage , the sparks passed through a space of nearly half an inch ; and by withdrawing the points from each other , the discharge was made through six or seven ...
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... vessel of copper , made sufficiently thin to float in the atmosphere , would be utterly unable to resist the ex- ternal pressure , which being demonstrated , no attempt was made upon that principle . So that we may reckon nothing to ...
... vessel of copper , made sufficiently thin to float in the atmosphere , would be utterly unable to resist the ex- ternal pressure , which being demonstrated , no attempt was made upon that principle . So that we may reckon nothing to ...
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... vessel , which , when filled with in . flammable air , would ascend in the atmosphere , had occurred also to Mr. Cavallo about the same time ; and to him belongs the honour of having first made experiments on this subject , in the ...
... vessel , which , when filled with in . flammable air , would ascend in the atmosphere , had occurred also to Mr. Cavallo about the same time ; and to him belongs the honour of having first made experiments on this subject , in the ...
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... vessel whose capacity should equal about a gallon , and let it boil very gently over a slow charcoal fire till the bird - lime ceases to crackle , which will be in about half or three quarters of an hour : then pour upon it two pints ...
... vessel whose capacity should equal about a gallon , and let it boil very gently over a slow charcoal fire till the bird - lime ceases to crackle , which will be in about half or three quarters of an hour : then pour upon it two pints ...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 6 Edward Polehampton Affichage du livre entier - 1815 |
The Gallery of Nature and Art: Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 6 Edward Polehampton,John Mason Good Affichage du livre entier - 1818 |
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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.