The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and Art, Volum 27Henry Colburn, 1829 |
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... Crystals • • 6 Large Crystal of Beryl 7 Nature of Vegetable Microsco- pical Spicula 8 Meteoric Iron in Provence 9 Fulgorites in Westphalia 10 Earthquakes in Holland 11 Parhelia , & c . • Page 18 On the Gossamer Spider • . 205 200 19 ...
... Crystals • • 6 Large Crystal of Beryl 7 Nature of Vegetable Microsco- pical Spicula 8 Meteoric Iron in Provence 9 Fulgorites in Westphalia 10 Earthquakes in Holland 11 Parhelia , & c . • Page 18 On the Gossamer Spider • . 205 200 19 ...
Pàgina 52
... crystals of quartz , and slender prisms of the sulphate of strontian . These minerals are either solitary , or grouped together in the same geode . Considerable masses of yellow blende are common , imbedded ( with a quartzose covering ) ...
... crystals of quartz , and slender prisms of the sulphate of strontian . These minerals are either solitary , or grouped together in the same geode . Considerable masses of yellow blende are common , imbedded ( with a quartzose covering ) ...
Pàgina 53
... crystals of quartz and calcspar ; and im- bedded in it are the hollow encrinital moulds before spoken of , and a few turbinoliæ . In the lower layers here , too , are the fragments of trilobites , with terebratulæ , corallines , & c ...
... crystals of quartz and calcspar ; and im- bedded in it are the hollow encrinital moulds before spoken of , and a few turbinoliæ . In the lower layers here , too , are the fragments of trilobites , with terebratulæ , corallines , & c ...
Pàgina 54
... crystals . On this river , and in its vicinity , it does not contain a trace of animal or vegetable life ; but at the two places above spoken of , it abounds with new and important kinds of the former , as well as an abundance of the ...
... crystals . On this river , and in its vicinity , it does not contain a trace of animal or vegetable life ; but at the two places above spoken of , it abounds with new and important kinds of the former , as well as an abundance of the ...
Pàgina 103
... crystals of sulphate Sugar Loaf , of lime , § On reading over the above enumeration of specimens , we are immediately struck with this very singular fact : —that St. Helena must have suffered at least three distinct volcanic eruptions ...
... crystals of sulphate Sugar Loaf , of lime , § On reading over the above enumeration of specimens , we are immediately struck with this very singular fact : —that St. Helena must have suffered at least three distinct volcanic eruptions ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 227 - Some men there are love not a gaping pig; Some, that are mad if they behold a cat; And others, when the bagpipe sings i...
Pàgina 321 - Intra sphceram activitatis, which is but at such a distance. But this way hath no bounder if the vessels be strong enough ; for I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it...
Pàgina 321 - So that, having a way to make my vessels so that they are strengthened by the force within them, and the one to fill after the other, I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty feet high.
Pàgina 321 - I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty foot high; one vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water. And a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that, one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and re-fill with cold water, and so successively, the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim, between the necessity of turning the said cocks.
Pàgina 321 - So that having a way to make my vessels, so that they are strengthened by the force within them, and the one to fill after the other, I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty feet high. One vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water ; and a man...
Pàgina 227 - tis true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their colour fly ; And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him, and write his speeches in their books, , Alas ! it cried, " Give me some drink, Titinius,
Pàgina 225 - ... through human nature at one glance, and to be the only author that gives ground for a very new opinion: that the philosopher, and even the man of the world, may be born, as well as the poet.
Pàgina 227 - He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Pàgina 388 - ... is usually situated ; this hole is cut through into the cabin, and within it is placed the compass with its box, suspended in the usual way, and when so situated it is completely out of the reach of cannon or other shot. In order to cause it to act as a...
Pàgina 232 - Bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word, which madness Would gambol from. Mother, for love of grace, Lay not that flattering unction to your soul, That not your trespass, but my madness speaks.