Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest: Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of the Popular Toys and Sports ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1827 - 207 pàgines |
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Pàgina 10
... poem was fabricated in Paris , by the powers of a steam- engine ; but the author of the present invention claims for himself the exclusive merit of having first constructed a hand - mill , by which puns and epigrams may be turned with ...
... poem was fabricated in Paris , by the powers of a steam- engine ; but the author of the present invention claims for himself the exclusive merit of having first constructed a hand - mill , by which puns and epigrams may be turned with ...
Pàgina 58
... were not acquainted with the game of chess . " " What absurd proposition am I next to ex- pect ? " cried Mr. Twaddleton . " You surely cannot have read the poem to Piso , which some will have to be Ovid's , others Lucian's : but 58.
... were not acquainted with the game of chess . " " What absurd proposition am I next to ex- pect ? " cried Mr. Twaddleton . " You surely cannot have read the poem to Piso , which some will have to be Ovid's , others Lucian's : but 58.
Pàgina 59
... poem , and accurately describes the game of latrunculi . ' I myself believe , from a particular line in Sophocles , that chess was invented by Palamedes , at the siege of Troy ; although Seneca attributes it to Chilon , one of the seven ...
... poem , and accurately describes the game of latrunculi . ' I myself believe , from a particular line in Sophocles , that chess was invented by Palamedes , at the siege of Troy ; although Seneca attributes it to Chilon , one of the seven ...
Pàgina 122
... poets and painters have represented her . Security stands leaning on a pillar , in- dicative of her being free from all designs and pursuits ; and the posture itself corresponds to her name . Coins also present us with countries and ...
... poets and painters have represented her . Security stands leaning on a pillar , in- dicative of her being free from all designs and pursuits ; and the posture itself corresponds to her name . Coins also present us with countries and ...
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... Poem , from Pennsylvanian Cottage , and other Poems , foolscap 8vo . 9th Edit . with Plates , from Westall's Designs . 9s . Bds . The Illus- trations may be had separate , fcap . 8vo . 4s .; and 7s . 4to . Theodric . A Domestic Tale ...
... Poem , from Pennsylvanian Cottage , and other Poems , foolscap 8vo . 9th Edit . with Plates , from Westall's Designs . 9s . Bds . The Illus- trations may be had separate , fcap . 8vo . 4s .; and 7s . 4to . Theodric . A Domestic Tale ...
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Pàgina 10 - Family Shakspeare : In which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Pàgina 9 - COL. HAWKER'S INSTRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN in all that relates to Guns and Shooting.
Pàgina 10 - Mrs. Marcet's Conversations on Chemistry, in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained and illustrated by Experiments.
Pàgina 132 - ... time that the axle describes a small one, therefore the power is increased in the same proportion as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the axle. If the velocity of the wheel is...
Pàgina 7 - Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture, including all the latest Improvements. A general History of Agriculture in all Countries, and a Statistical View of its present State, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles.
Pàgina 8 - FIRST STEPS TO BOTANY, Intended as popular Illustrations of the Science, leading to its study as a branch of general education. By JL DRUMMOND, MD 4th Edit. 12mo. with numerous Woodcuts, 9s.
Pàgina 81 - Gunpowder, hoping by a sudden movement to give his companion the slip; but the spectre started full jump with him. Away, then, they dashed through thick and thin, stones flying and sparks flashing at every bound. Ichabod's flimsy garments fluttered in the air as he stretched his long lank body away over his horse's head in the eagerness of his flight.
Pàgina 7 - London's Encyclopaedia of Agriculture: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo. 21s. London's Encyclopaedia of Gardening: comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening.
Pàgina 190 - ... resolved to remove his body into the choir, which was to have been done with solemn procession on the 15th of July. It rained, however, so violently...
Pàgina 7 - London's Encyclopaedia of Agriculture : comprising the Theory and Practice of the Valuation, Transfer, Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and of the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture...