Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 |
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... flower , in the middle . Abacus , Pythagorean , so denominated from its inventor , Pythagoras ; a table of numbers , con- trived for readily learning the principles of arith- metic , and was probably what we now call the multiplication ...
... flower , in the middle . Abacus , Pythagorean , so denominated from its inventor , Pythagoras ; a table of numbers , con- trived for readily learning the principles of arith- metic , and was probably what we now call the multiplication ...
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... flowers of Benzoin ; and some exist in a state of gas : as carbonic acid gas . Acids are divided into four classes , according to their bases or radicals . First , those with simple radicals , of dif- ferent kinds . Secondly , those ...
... flowers of Benzoin ; and some exist in a state of gas : as carbonic acid gas . Acids are divided into four classes , according to their bases or radicals . First , those with simple radicals , of dif- ferent kinds . Secondly , those ...
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... flower of that kind . I attempted to pluck one of these flowers from the rock to which they are always fixed , but found , to my surprise , that I was unable to touch it . When my fingers were under water , and had approached within two ...
... flower of that kind . I attempted to pluck one of these flowers from the rock to which they are always fixed , but found , to my surprise , that I was unable to touch it . When my fingers were under water , and had approached within two ...
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... flower ; and the weight of the water , so much greater than that of air , might con- tribute to this celerity . With respect to the extreme thinness of the petals , I had once an opportunity of ascertaining the fact : for though I could ...
... flower ; and the weight of the water , so much greater than that of air , might con- tribute to this celerity . With respect to the extreme thinness of the petals , I had once an opportunity of ascertaining the fact : for though I could ...
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... flowers . ones , they are fixed to the rock , not in holes , but sticking to the surface , among the water - bottles , and generally not more than nine inches under water . The leaves , or rather feelers , of these , are of a greyish ...
... flowers . ones , they are fixed to the rock , not in holes , but sticking to the surface , among the water - bottles , and generally not more than nine inches under water . The leaves , or rather feelers , of these , are of a greyish ...
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acid alkali ammonia ancient angle animal appears astronomy benefit of clergy birds body Bohemia called calyx carbonic acid centre chemistry Christian church chyle circle colour common commonly consists contains copper court degree denominated denotes diameter distance divided dominical letter ducat earth Egypt electric England English epact equal feet figure fire fish flowers fluid genus given glass gold guelders heat heraldry inches insects iron kind king land larvæ letter liquor manner matter means ment meridian metal motion natural neral nitric acid observed officer oxygen person pieces pistils plane plants plate principal produced quantity racter round salt ship side signifies silver solid sometimes species stamens stone stuivers substance sulphur supposed surface tain term thing tion tree tube usually vegetable vessel weight whole wood word
Popular passages
Page 51 - Zodiac are Aries : Taurus : Gemini : Cancer : Leo : Virgo : Libra : Scorpio : Sagittarius...
Page 116 - PRINTER to learn his Art and with him after the Manner of an Apprentice to serve...
Page 123 - We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God.
Page 164 - His lordship thought also in this present fable to have composed a frame of laws, or of the best state or mould of a commonwealth ; but foreseeing it would be a long work, his desire of collecting the natural history diverted him, which he preferred many degrees before it.
Page 111 - God, (r) or should assert or maintain there are more gods than one, or should deny the Christian religion to be true, or the Holy Scriptures to be of divine authority...
Page 359 - And, lastly, (which alone would have merited the title that it bears, of the great charter,) it protected every individual of the nation in the free enjoyment of his life, his liberty, and his property, unless declared to be forfeited by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 339 - On this glass was depicted, in chiaroscuro, a string of several thousands of pilasters, all equal in altitude, distance, and degree of light and shade. In a moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades .like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, and, at last, ended in pines, cypresses, and other trees, even and similar. This was...
Page 124 - That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch ; Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post.
Page 51 - The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, And next the crab the lion shines, The virgin and the scales, The scorpion, archer, and sea-goat, The man that holds the watering-pot, And fish with glittering tails.
Page 428 - ... 3. In most places he had a power of devising lands by will, before the statute for that purpose was made. 4. The lands descend not to the eldest, youngest, or any one son only, but to all the sons together; which was indeed anciently the most usual course of descent all over England, though in particular places particular customs prevailed.