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 61
... " observed the major , " since they have varied in different ages and countries . The castle is sometimes called the rook , from the Italian word rocca , which signifies a fortress placed on a rock ; the piece which 61.
... " observed the major , " since they have varied in different ages and countries . The castle is sometimes called the rook , from the Italian word rocca , which signifies a fortress placed on a rock ; the piece which 61.
Pàgina 75
... called upon to produce the duplicate which had been previously placed in his pocket . The children were told that the several decep- tions with coin , or counters , which they had witnessed , were accomplished by a species of dexterity ...
... called upon to produce the duplicate which had been previously placed in his pocket . The children were told that the several decep- tions with coin , or counters , which they had witnessed , were accomplished by a species of dexterity ...
Pàgina 79
... a moving picture of the sur- rounding scene . The phantasmagoria exhibited a variety of ghastly objects , which alternately receding from , and approaching the audience , called forth shrieks of terror and amazement . Amongst the E 4 79.
... a moving picture of the sur- rounding scene . The phantasmagoria exhibited a variety of ghastly objects , which alternately receding from , and approaching the audience , called forth shrieks of terror and amazement . Amongst the E 4 79.
Pàgina 80
... called forth shrieks of terror and amazement . Amongst the most appalling of these figures , was the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow , so inimitably described in the Sketch Book : it will be remembered that the body of this trooper ...
... called forth shrieks of terror and amazement . Amongst the most appalling of these figures , was the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow , so inimitably described in the Sketch Book : it will be remembered that the body of this trooper ...
Pàgina 89
... called the principal youth , or " princeps juventutis , ” and presented him with a basket of fruit , which he desired him to divide amongst his companions . The populace now separated into different groups ; one party proceeded to ...
... called the principal youth , or " princeps juventutis , ” and presented him with a basket of fruit , which he desired him to divide amongst his companions . The populace now separated into different groups ; one party proceeded to ...
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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...