The Quarterly Review, Volume 11William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1814 |
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Page 47
... afford , and makes an angle of 16 ° 13 ′ with one of the natural lines of frac- ture of the plates ; while that of rock crystal is nearly parallel to the longitudinal surfaces of the crystal . Mr. Biot's method of exhibiting the colours ...
... afford , and makes an angle of 16 ° 13 ′ with one of the natural lines of frac- ture of the plates ; while that of rock crystal is nearly parallel to the longitudinal surfaces of the crystal . Mr. Biot's method of exhibiting the colours ...
Page 52
... afford some explanation of those which Dr. Seebeck has observed in large cubes or cylinders of glass , placed between two oblique reflecting surfaces , or be- tween two piles composed of thirty pieces of glass each , w which produced ...
... afford some explanation of those which Dr. Seebeck has observed in large cubes or cylinders of glass , placed between two oblique reflecting surfaces , or be- tween two piles composed of thirty pieces of glass each , w which produced ...
Page 56
... afford it . He has shown very clearly , both from theory and by experiment , that the violet rays must be proportionally more expanded by prism with a large angle than by a smaller one of the same substance ; while he has found , on the ...
... afford it . He has shown very clearly , both from theory and by experiment , that the violet rays must be proportionally more expanded by prism with a large angle than by a smaller one of the same substance ; while he has found , on the ...
Page 74
... . & c . But these various letters are any thing but elu- cidatory of his Lordship's - they afford nothing like elucidation ; they are the mere sweepings of the closet , the 74 Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton , & c . APR .
... . & c . But these various letters are any thing but elu- cidatory of his Lordship's - they afford nothing like elucidation ; they are the mere sweepings of the closet , the 74 Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton , & c . APR .
Page 115
... afford . Our readers will , perhaps , be curious to know , what hours are kept by a people , who have not the option of regulating their movements by those of the sun . The habits of life in these places during the summer , and ...
... afford . Our readers will , perhaps , be curious to know , what hours are kept by a people , who have not the option of regulating their movements by those of the sun . The habits of life in these places during the summer , and ...
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