Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volum 16Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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Pàgina 123
Pensilva- tends to confirm the opinion , that the original crust , nia . in which the stone was formed , has never been broken up on the west side of the mountains , as it evidently has been eastward of them . The chief rivers are three ...
Pensilva- tends to confirm the opinion , that the original crust , nia . in which the stone was formed , has never been broken up on the west side of the mountains , as it evidently has been eastward of them . The chief rivers are three ...
Pàgina 126
... original drawing under the tracer , and move the tracing point over the principal strokes of the original , and the crayon will form the required copy . " To reduce a drawing , & c . to half the size of the original . - Set the boxes B ...
... original drawing under the tracer , and move the tracing point over the principal strokes of the original , and the crayon will form the required copy . " To reduce a drawing , & c . to half the size of the original . - Set the boxes B ...
Pàgina 127
Penta- less than one - half the original , or when it is required graph greater than the original , the longer scales are to be || used . Pentapolis , " For greater than one - half the original drawing.- Suppose it be required to make a ...
Penta- less than one - half the original , or when it is required graph greater than the original , the longer scales are to be || used . Pentapolis , " For greater than one - half the original drawing.- Suppose it be required to make a ...
Pàgina 147
... original seat original of the human race , whence colonies were sent out or seat of the emigrated of themselves to people the rest of the habi- race . table globe . This supposition is actually made by our ingenious author , who ...
... original seat original of the human race , whence colonies were sent out or seat of the emigrated of themselves to people the rest of the habi- race . table globe . This supposition is actually made by our ingenious author , who ...
Pàgina 172
... original figure . The general substitution is as follows : Let the plane of the paper be first supposed to be the ground - plan , and the spectator to stand at F ( fig . 3. ) . Let it be proposed that the ground - plan is to be ...
... original figure . The general substitution is as follows : Let the plane of the paper be first supposed to be the ground - plan , and the spectator to stand at F ( fig . 3. ) . Let it be proposed that the ground - plan is to be ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 30 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life ; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Pàgina 32 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Pàgina 30 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Pàgina 31 - Rumble thy bellyful ! Spit, fire ! spout, rain ! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness ; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then, let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and...
Pàgina 259 - That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you : for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
Pàgina 30 - ... tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Pàgina 32 - O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew ! " Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter...
Pàgina 30 - Dar'st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ? ' Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow : so indeed he did. The torrent...
Pàgina 17 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Pàgina 31 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...