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... cause is not so much the simple friction of the iron that produces such an effect upon the steel , but another cause , which we may afterwards notice , if the question be considered of any prac- tical utility . THE POWER OF FRICTION ...
... cause is not so much the simple friction of the iron that produces such an effect upon the steel , but another cause , which we may afterwards notice , if the question be considered of any prac- tical utility . THE POWER OF FRICTION ...
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... cause of intelligence and freedom . For a period of twenty years , you have stood pre - eminent above your fellow - mechanics in this Island , for the great extent of your scientific knowledge , and for the wonderful improvements you ...
... cause of intelligence and freedom . For a period of twenty years , you have stood pre - eminent above your fellow - mechanics in this Island , for the great extent of your scientific knowledge , and for the wonderful improvements you ...
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... causes the tides of the ocean both to ebb and to flow . His mode of reconciling anomalous facts was remarkably ingenious ... cause of this phenome- non is , that the Irish sea , form- ing a large hollow basin , as it were , for the water ...
... causes the tides of the ocean both to ebb and to flow . His mode of reconciling anomalous facts was remarkably ingenious ... cause of this phenome- non is , that the Irish sea , form- ing a large hollow basin , as it were , for the water ...
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... cause of the tides is the attraction of the moon , in whatever way it may be modified , by the peculiar situation of the seas that are affected by its influence . The fourth scene was a grand dis- play of the Solar System , in which we ...
... cause of the tides is the attraction of the moon , in whatever way it may be modified , by the peculiar situation of the seas that are affected by its influence . The fourth scene was a grand dis- play of the Solar System , in which we ...
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... cause of moulding in books bound in leather or paper , can ever penetrate the surface of waterproofed leather or paper . In this branch , the advantages of the in- vention may be of scarcely calculable extent : as it will secure in a ...
... cause of moulding in books bound in leather or paper , can ever penetrate the surface of waterproofed leather or paper . In this branch , the advantages of the in- vention may be of scarcely calculable extent : as it will secure in a ...
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Page 23 - Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sit'st above these Heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 449 - THERE was an ancient sage philosopher That had read Alexander Ross over, And swore the world, as he could prove, Was made of fighting and of love. Just so Romances are, for what else Is in them all but love and battles ? O' th' first of these w' have no great matter To treat of, but a world o' th' latter, In which to do the injured right We mean, in what concerns just fight.
Page 290 - Nicole, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same...
Page 438 - By his admirable contrivance, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility— for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which that power can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is as nothing to it.
Page 256 - I found that there were good books in these two sciences in Latin ; I bought a dictionary, and I learned Latin. I understood, also, that there were good books of the same kind in French ; I bought a dictionary, and I learned French. And this, my Lord, is what I have done : it seems to me that we may learn every thing when we know the twentyfour letters of the alphabet.
Page 438 - It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into ribbons, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves.
Page 118 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Page 385 - Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have : I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Page 33 - The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss: to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood.
Page 71 - On the 15th of August, 1643, as I stood at my window, I was surprised with a most wonderful delectable vision. The sea that washes the Sicilian shore swelled up and became, for ten miles in length, like a chain of dark mountains ; while the waters near our Calabrian coast grew quite smooth, and in an instant appeared as one clear polished mirror, reclining against the ridge.