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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... figures on each of its sides are presented with such quick tran- sition that they both appear at the same instant , and thus occasion a very ... figure assumes during the rapid whirling of the card . " " It may be very clever , " said the 6.
... figures on each of its sides are presented with such quick tran- sition that they both appear at the same instant , and thus occasion a very ... figure assumes during the rapid whirling of the card . " " It may be very clever , " said the 6.
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... figure of a king , invested with all the insignia of royalty . " " It is indeed a king . Look at his crown and sceptre ! " cried Louisa . " Now for the epigram , " said the major , who then read the following lines : " Head , legs , and ...
... figure of a king , invested with all the insignia of royalty . " " It is indeed a king . Look at his crown and sceptre ! " cried Louisa . " Now for the epigram , " said the major , who then read the following lines : " Head , legs , and ...
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... figure , " continued Mr. Twaddleton , " we must imagine ourselves in chaos , and that a vast luminous body is rising near the spot where we may be supposed to be standing , so swiftly as to appear a continued track of light , and ...
... figure , " continued Mr. Twaddleton , " we must imagine ourselves in chaos , and that a vast luminous body is rising near the spot where we may be supposed to be standing , so swiftly as to appear a continued track of light , and ...
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... figure to express the velocity of the javelin , dxxxIov EYxos , the long shadowed ' javelin . We shall have ample proof of the effect of this power in the eye of retaining im- pressions , and of thus converting points into lines and ...
... figure to express the velocity of the javelin , dxxxIov EYxos , the long shadowed ' javelin . We shall have ample proof of the effect of this power in the eye of retaining im- pressions , and of thus converting points into lines and ...
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... figure is not equally distinct . " " Because every part of the card does not re- volve with the same velocity , " said her father ; " and this fact offers a good illustration of what I formerly stated * , that in circular motion , the ...
... figure is not equally distinct . " " Because every part of the card does not re- volve with the same velocity , " said her father ; " and this fact offers a good illustration of what I formerly stated * , that in circular motion , the ...
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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...
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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...
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