Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine, and Annals of Philosophy, Volumen1W.R. M'Phun., 1824 |
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... Earth's Surface ; and various other inquiries connected with the past and present states of the Globe . MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES . As this MAGAZINE is intended to be a store - house of instruction and amuse- ment , for the use of our ...
... Earth's Surface ; and various other inquiries connected with the past and present states of the Globe . MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES . As this MAGAZINE is intended to be a store - house of instruction and amuse- ment , for the use of our ...
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... earth . This part of the lecture was indeed both amusing and in- structive to many who had formerly made this science the subject of their study , and who were , consequently , able to appreciate the merits of these beautiful ...
... earth . This part of the lecture was indeed both amusing and in- structive to many who had formerly made this science the subject of their study , and who were , consequently , able to appreciate the merits of these beautiful ...
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... earth while a prisoner in the tower . In the Preceptor's Assistant we find : - " Query . - What quantity of blood is contained in the human body ? " Answer . - Thirty pounds . " Query . - How many bones are there in the human frame ...
... earth while a prisoner in the tower . In the Preceptor's Assistant we find : - " Query . - What quantity of blood is contained in the human body ? " Answer . - Thirty pounds . " Query . - How many bones are there in the human frame ...
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... earth now inhabited , was at one period covered by the ocean ; and , by a natural conse- quence , he inferred , that the por- tion now covered by the waters was formerly dry land . In support of the former fact , he mentioned some very ...
... earth now inhabited , was at one period covered by the ocean ; and , by a natural conse- quence , he inferred , that the por- tion now covered by the waters was formerly dry land . In support of the former fact , he mentioned some very ...
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... earth ; and , as nothing would stop it in its course , it would circulate for ever in this manner . This effect reaches even to the moon , which , we know , moves in the void space around the earth ; and we see that it equally ...
... earth ; and , as nothing would stop it in its course , it would circulate for ever in this manner . This effect reaches even to the moon , which , we know , moves in the void space around the earth ; and we see that it equally ...
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Página 118 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Página 438 - We have said that Mr Watt was the great improver of the steam-engine ; but, in truth, as to all that is admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions...
Página 290 - Nicole, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same...
Página 438 - It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into ribbons, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves.
Página 256 - ... books, and I learned geometry. By reading I found that there were good books in these two sciences in Latin : I bought a Dictionary, and I learned Latin. I understood also that there were good books of the same kind in French : I bought a dictionary, and I learned French. And this, my lord, is what I have done : it seems to me that we may learn every thing when we know the twenty-four letters of the alphabet.
Página 438 - It has armed the feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned; completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter ; and laid a sure foundation for all those future miracles of mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labours of after generations.
Página 71 - On the 15th of August, 1643, as I stood at my window, I was surprised with a most wonderful delectable vision. The sea that washes the Sicilian shore swelled up and became, for ten miles in length, like a chain of dark mountains ; while the waters near our Calabrian coast grew quite smooth, and in an instant appeared as one clear polished mirror, reclining against the ridge.
Página 162 - For were it not better for a man in a fair room to set up one great light, or branching candlestick of lights, than to go about with a small watch candle into every corner?
Página 71 - In a moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last ended in pines, cypresses, and other trees, even and similar. This was the Fata Morgana, which, for twenty-six years, I had thought a mere fable.
Página 362 - This mixture is to be melted to a frit, and is then to be ground to a fine powder, 3 parts of calcined borax being added previously to the grinding.