Short System of Polite Learning: Being an Epitome of the Arts and Sciences, for the Use of SchoolsBenj. Warner, 1820 - 212 páginas |
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... heat ; and is absolutely necessary for the support of animal life . Nitrogen is chiefly distinguished by its being incapable of supporting combustion , or animal life . It has the effect of neutralizing , in some measure , the ...
... heat ; and is absolutely necessary for the support of animal life . Nitrogen is chiefly distinguished by its being incapable of supporting combustion , or animal life . It has the effect of neutralizing , in some measure , the ...
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... heat , at all distances from the earth ? A. No : the air is lighter , in geometrical proportion , the higher we ascend : and its heat also de . creases ; but not in a similar ratio . By that lessening in gravity , the altitude of ...
... heat , at all distances from the earth ? A. No : the air is lighter , in geometrical proportion , the higher we ascend : and its heat also de . creases ; but not in a similar ratio . By that lessening in gravity , the altitude of ...
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... heat of the air is there the greatest . OF THE IGNIS TATUUS . 3 Q. What is the ignis fatuus ? A. A common ignited meteor ; chiefly seen at night , in meadows , marshes , and other moist places . It is known among the vulgar by the ...
... heat of the air is there the greatest . OF THE IGNIS TATUUS . 3 Q. What is the ignis fatuus ? A. A common ignited meteor ; chiefly seen at night , in meadows , marshes , and other moist places . It is known among the vulgar by the ...
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... heat . For , when the air is heated over one part of the earth more than over another , the warmer air , being rarefied , becomes specifically lighter than the rest : it is therefore overpoised by it , and raised upwards ; the higher ...
... heat . For , when the air is heated over one part of the earth more than over another , the warmer air , being rarefied , becomes specifically lighter than the rest : it is therefore overpoised by it , and raised upwards ; the higher ...
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... heat or cold of one region to another , and to produce a circulation of vapours from the ocean to inland countries . But , though their effects , on the whole , may be of great benefit , their violence is sometimes very detrimental ...
... heat or cold of one region to another , and to produce a circulation of vapours from the ocean to inland countries . But , though their effects , on the whole , may be of great benefit , their violence is sometimes very detrimental ...
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Página 2 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Página 57 - A blank, my lord. She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i...
Página 59 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
Página 70 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Página 56 - For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Página 60 - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Página 2 - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Página 72 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same. Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Página 68 - A Trochee has the first syllable accented, and the last unaccented : as, " Hateful, pettish." An Iambus has the first syllable unaccented, and the last accented : as, " Betray, consist." * A Spondee has hoth the words or syllables accented : as, " The pale moon." A Pyrrhic has both the words or syllables unaccented : as,
Página 65 - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end.