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 82
... equal satisfaction . 66 Papa , " cried Tom , " how much do I regret my ignorance of optics . It is a cruel dis- appointment to me that I should witness so many curious exhibitions , without being able to understand the principles upon ...
... equal satisfaction . 66 Papa , " cried Tom , " how much do I regret my ignorance of optics . It is a cruel dis- appointment to me that I should witness so many curious exhibitions , without being able to understand the principles upon ...
Pàgina 91
... equal number of quoits at the other ; the nearest of them to the hob are reckoned to- wards the game . When they have cast all their quoits , the candidates go over to the point at which they have been throwing , and when they have ...
... equal number of quoits at the other ; the nearest of them to the hob are reckoned to- wards the game . When they have cast all their quoits , the candidates go over to the point at which they have been throwing , and when they have ...
Pàgina 97
... equal in all directions , suppose its action down- wards , or that upwards , sufficient to lift forty pounds ; as these forces are equal , but their di- rections contrary , they will destroy each other's action . In the next place ...
... equal in all directions , suppose its action down- wards , or that upwards , sufficient to lift forty pounds ; as these forces are equal , but their di- rections contrary , they will destroy each other's action . In the next place ...
Pàgina 98
... much greater surface , produce a much greater quantity of inflamed matter and elastic fluid . Without such a contrivance , the com- position would inflame only in circular coats of a diameter equal to that of the rocket ; 98.
... much greater surface , produce a much greater quantity of inflamed matter and elastic fluid . Without such a contrivance , the com- position would inflame only in circular coats of a diameter equal to that of the rocket ; 98.
Pàgina 99
... equal to that of the rocket ; and experience has shown that this is not sufficient for the purpose . " " What are those fire - works , attached to the lines ? " asked Tom . ' " Those , my dear , are line - rockets , or cou- rantines ...
... equal to that of the rocket ; and experience has shown that this is not sufficient for the purpose . " " What are those fire - works , attached to the lines ? " asked Tom . ' " Those , my dear , are line - rockets , or cou- rantines ...
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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.
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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...