The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volumen6Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... screws Y , Y , and the regulation is performed by the larger end of the screw B , being furnished with a coarser thread than its other extremity , so that the dispro- portion between them is capable of producing the most delicate ...
... screws Y , Y , and the regulation is performed by the larger end of the screw B , being furnished with a coarser thread than its other extremity , so that the dispro- portion between them is capable of producing the most delicate ...
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... screw , and made to pinch the spring ; this screw passes through the quar- ter part of a brass ferrule , and is tapped into the opposite quarter part ; the head of the screw , with the first quarter , appears at c , fig . 9. The spring ...
... screw , and made to pinch the spring ; this screw passes through the quar- ter part of a brass ferrule , and is tapped into the opposite quarter part ; the head of the screw , with the first quarter , appears at c , fig . 9. The spring ...
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... screw marked at Z , fig . 9 , appears sideways in the plan ; this screw goes through the two parts , which project forward to hang the pendu- lum upon . The right angled part d , d , b , b , fig . 11 , is fixed to the flat brass plate ...
... screw marked at Z , fig . 9 , appears sideways in the plan ; this screw goes through the two parts , which project forward to hang the pendu- lum upon . The right angled part d , d , b , b , fig . 11 , is fixed to the flat brass plate ...
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... screw , which acts on the above wheel , and moves the fly C. D , the spiral work of the wheel A. The black spots show the grooves into which the dents drop on striking the hour . E , the groove into which the locking piece F drops when ...
... screw , which acts on the above wheel , and moves the fly C. D , the spiral work of the wheel A. The black spots show the grooves into which the dents drop on striking the hour . E , the groove into which the locking piece F drops when ...
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... screws . It is also an essential condition , that the centre of suspension of the pendulum shall be exactly in the same vertical plane with the centre of the verge ; for , if the pendulum spring happen not to coincide with a ...
... screws . It is also an essential condition , that the centre of suspension of the pendulum shall be exactly in the same vertical plane with the centre of the verge ; for , if the pendulum spring happen not to coincide with a ...
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Página 253 - Forgive a moiety of the principal Glancing an eye of pity on his losses. That have of late so huddled on his back ; Enough to press a royal merchant down. And pluck commiseration of his state From brassy bosoms, and rough hearts of flint, From stubborn Turks, and Tartars, never trained To offices of gentle courtesy.
Página 285 - Thy morning bounties ere I left my home. The biscuit, or confectionary plum ; The fragrant waters on my cheeks bestowed By thy own hand, till fresh they shone and glowed ; All this, and, more endearing still than all, Thy constant flow of love, that knew no fall.
Página 324 - And I saw, and beheld a white horse ; and he that sat on him had a bow ; and a crown was given unto him : and he went forth conquering and to conquer. Rev. vi. 2.
Página 284 - I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no ; Tis clear that they were always able To hold discourse at least in fable. And even the child, who knows no better Than to interpret by the letter A story of a cock and bull, Must have a most uncommon skull.
Página 37 - Behold the picture ! Is it like t Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip. And then skip down again. Pronounce a text. Cry hem, and reading, what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene. Cowper.
Página 290 - But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim» Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
Página 247 - Whatever hypocrites austerely talk Of purity, and place, and innocence, Defaming as impure what God declares Pure, and commands to some, leaves free to all. Our Maker bids increase : who bids abstain But our destroyer, foe to God and man
Página 286 - Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man; and therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he
Página 190 - many and very great restrictions. Such colonists carry with them only so much of the English law as is applicable to their own situation, and the condition of an infant colony : such for instance, as the general rules for inheritance, and of protection from personal injuries. The artificial refinements and distinctions incident to the property of a
Página 125 - in the various separations and new associations and motions of these permanent particles : compound bodies being apt to break, not in the midst of solid particles, but where these particles are laid together, and touch in a few points. It seems farther, that these particles have not only a vis