The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review, Volum 2Wiley and Halsted, 1821 |
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Pàgina 264
... pendulum in the latitude of London , -by Captain H. Kater . ( From the same . ) Page 398 405 ART . III . Experiments , for the same purpose , in different latitudes - by Capt . Kater . ( From the same . ) 415 ART . IV . 1. Posthumous ...
... pendulum in the latitude of London , -by Captain H. Kater . ( From the same . ) Page 398 405 ART . III . Experiments , for the same purpose , in different latitudes - by Capt . Kater . ( From the same . ) 415 ART . IV . 1. Posthumous ...
Pàgina 399
... pendulums that vibrate in the same time , is constantly at the same distance from the centre of suspension . Hence he conceived that the pendulum might afford a standard , or unit , for measures of length ; and though a correction would ...
... pendulums that vibrate in the same time , is constantly at the same distance from the centre of suspension . Hence he conceived that the pendulum might afford a standard , or unit , for measures of length ; and though a correction would ...
Pàgina 400
... pendulum in the la- titude of 45 ° , or in any other latitude that might be thought pre- ferable , and to deduce from thence an invariable standard of mea- sures and of weights . This decree passed in August , 1790 . The Academy named a ...
... pendulum in the la- titude of 45 ° , or in any other latitude that might be thought pre- ferable , and to deduce from thence an invariable standard of mea- sures and of weights . This decree passed in August , 1790 . The Academy named a ...
Pàgina 401
... pendulums in all other latitudes . They observed , however , that the pendulum involves one element which is heterogeneous , to wit , time ; and another which is arbitrary , to wit , the division of the day into 86,400 seconds . It ...
... pendulums in all other latitudes . They observed , however , that the pendulum involves one element which is heterogeneous , to wit , time ; and another which is arbitrary , to wit , the division of the day into 86,400 seconds . It ...
Pàgina 402
... pendulum , in the latitude of 45 ° , seems to us to have the decided preference above all others . The determination of it involves no theory - at least none about the conclusions of which the slightest doubt is entertained : it is at ...
... pendulum , in the latitude of 45 ° , seems to us to have the decided preference above all others . The determination of it involves no theory - at least none about the conclusions of which the slightest doubt is entertained : it is at ...
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Pàgina 175 - ... in the country round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same, when, to his astonishment, he found his beard had grown a foot long!
Pàgina 173 - For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third.
Pàgina 173 - From an opening between the trees he could overlook all the lower country for many a mile of rich woodland. He saw at a distance the lordly Hudson, far, far below him, moving on its silent but majestic course, with the reflection of a purple cloud or the sail of a lagging bark here and there sleeping on its glassy bosom, and at last losing itself in the blue highlands.
Pàgina 174 - Rip Van Winkle ! Rip Van Winkle!" At the same time, Wolf bristled up his back, and giving a low growl, skulked to his master's side, looking fearfully down into the glen. Rip now felt a vague apprehension stealing over him. He looked anxiously in the same direction and perceived a strange figure slowly toiling up the rocks, and bending under the weight of something he carried on his back. He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place ; but supposing it to be some one...
Pàgina 178 - Ah, poor man, Rip Van Winkle was his name, but it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun, and never has been heard of since,— his dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl.
Pàgina 178 - ... dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned, however, he shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and cast up his eyes ; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel.
Pàgina 173 - ... wild, lonely, and shagged, the bottom filled with fragments from the impending cliffs, and scarcely lighted by the reflected rays of the setting sun. For some time Rip lay musing on this scene; evening was gradually advancing; the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valleys; he saw that it would be dark long before he could reach the village, and he heaved a heavy sigh when he thought of encountering the terrors of Dame Van Winkle. As he was about to descend, he heard a...
Pàgina 177 - The name of the child, the air of the mother, the tone of her voice, all awakened a train of recollections in his mind. "What is your name, my good woman?
Pàgina 175 - ... countenances, that his heart turned within him, and his knees smote together. His companion now emptied the contents of the keg into large flagons, and made signs to him to wait upon the company. He obeyed with fear and trembling; they quaffed the liquor in profound silence, and then returned to their game.
Pàgina 172 - ... swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country. Every change of season, every change of weather, indeed every hour of the day, produces some change in the magical hues and shapes of these mountains, and they are regarded by all the good wives, far and near, as perfect barometers.