Magazine of Popular Science, and Journal of the Useful Arts, Volumen11836 |
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... certain class , and that , too , a class putting forth peculiar and almost exclusive claims to the character of persons of liberal , gentleman- like , education , we know that there exists a very prevalent disposition to treat Science ...
... certain class , and that , too , a class putting forth peculiar and almost exclusive claims to the character of persons of liberal , gentleman- like , education , we know that there exists a very prevalent disposition to treat Science ...
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... certain regular succession of hours , an enormous body of water advancing by slow degrees , defying all barriers which may be opposed , until it reaches a certain elevation , and then as regularly falling and retreating ; its very ...
... certain regular succession of hours , an enormous body of water advancing by slow degrees , defying all barriers which may be opposed , until it reaches a certain elevation , and then as regularly falling and retreating ; its very ...
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... certain degree of adherence to it , though in a certain degree free to The moon attracts the earth , as the larger mass , more than it does the water , which is less . If the globe were entirely surrounded by water , the portion of ...
... certain degree of adherence to it , though in a certain degree free to The moon attracts the earth , as the larger mass , more than it does the water , which is less . If the globe were entirely surrounded by water , the portion of ...
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... certain modification of the simple conditions will still be preserved . A line drawn through all those points which are on the crest of the tide - wave at the same instant , is named by Mr. Whewell a co - tidal line . In the simple case ...
... certain modification of the simple conditions will still be preserved . A line drawn through all those points which are on the crest of the tide - wave at the same instant , is named by Mr. Whewell a co - tidal line . In the simple case ...
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... certain determinate mathematical relation to the depth of the water . Such a law must manifestly be of great value in showing what ought to be the influence of the varying depth of the ocean on the motion of the tide - wave . THE ...
... certain determinate mathematical relation to the depth of the water . Such a law must manifestly be of great value in showing what ought to be the influence of the varying depth of the ocean on the motion of the tide - wave . THE ...
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Página 135 - ... or information in any of his Majesty's courts of record at Westminster or in...
Página 87 - I do not love to be printed upon every occasion, much less to be dunned and teased by foreigners about mathematical things, or to be thought by our own people to be trifling away my time about them, when I should be about the King's business.
Página 104 - One of the most remarkable and inexplicable experiments relative to the strength of the human frame, which you have yourself seen and admired, is that in which a heavy man is raised with the greatest facility, when he is lifted up the instant that his own lungs and those of the persons who raise him are inflated with air.
Página 104 - I shall describe, as nearly as possible, the method which he prescribed. The heaviest person in the party lies down upon two chairs, his legs being supported by the one, and his back by the other. Four persons, one at each leg, and one at each shoulder, then try to raise him, and they find his dead weight to be very great, from the difficulty they experience in supporting him.
Página 134 - ... declaration, a notice of any objections on which he means to rely at the trial of such action, and no objection shall be allowed to be made in behalf of such defendant or plaintiff respectively at such trial unless he prove the objections stated in such notice : provided always, that it shall and may be lawful for any judge at chambers, on summons served by such defendant or plaintiff on such plaintiff or defendant respectively to...
Página 104 - ... up the instant that his own lungs and those of the persons who raise him are inflated with air. This experiment was, I believe, first shown in England a few years ago by Major H., who saw it performed in a large party at Venice under the direction of an officer of the American navy.* As Major H.
Página 105 - ... when the inhalation is completed, or the lungs filled, the second signal is given for raising the person from the chair. To his own surprise, and that of his bearers, he rises with the greatest facility, as if he were no heavier than a feather. On several occasions, I have observed, that when one of the bearers performs his part ill by making the inhalation out of tim,e, the part of the body which he tries to raise is left as it were behind.
Página 135 - ... which he hath not or shall not have obtained letters patent, the name or any imitation of the name of any other person who hath or shall have obtained letters patent...
Página 133 - ... enter a memorandum of any alteration in the said title or specification, not being such disclaimer or such alteration as shall extend the exclusive right granted by the said letters patent...
Página 134 - ... on no such manufacture, or published in the county where he carries on such manufacture, or where he lives, in case there shall not be any paper published in such town...