Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Enlarged and ImprovedA. Constable, 1824 |
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... mercury , copper , iron , tin , and lead , into gold , -there being only these seven metals known at that period . Dr Johnson supposes that the word Gibberish , anciently written Geberish , was originally applied to the language of ...
... mercury , copper , iron , tin , and lead , into gold , -there being only these seven metals known at that period . Dr Johnson supposes that the word Gibberish , anciently written Geberish , was originally applied to the language of ...
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... mercury deserve especial notice ; nor was he unacquainted with the virtues of opium , and other powerful drugs of vegetable origin . These he administered with a daring but often successful hand , and gained such celebrity , that , in ...
... mercury deserve especial notice ; nor was he unacquainted with the virtues of opium , and other powerful drugs of vegetable origin . These he administered with a daring but often successful hand , and gained such celebrity , that , in ...
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... mercury , might be divided into 1000 equal parts ; the former being 40 ° below 0 ° of Fahrenheit , the latter about + 670 ° . The degrees would thus be suffi ciently small to be expressed without fractions ; and the commencement of the ...
... mercury , might be divided into 1000 equal parts ; the former being 40 ° below 0 ° of Fahrenheit , the latter about + 670 ° . The degrees would thus be suffi ciently small to be expressed without fractions ; and the commencement of the ...
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... mercury , he observed the former to float above the latter ; discovery of Vitriolic Acid Air , to show the exactness with which he acknowledges the hints and assistance of others : " My first scheme was to endeavour to get the vitriolic ...
... mercury , he observed the former to float above the latter ; discovery of Vitriolic Acid Air , to show the exactness with which he acknowledges the hints and assistance of others : " My first scheme was to endeavour to get the vitriolic ...
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... mercury was corroded , and , on introducing a solution of potash , it became saturated , and yielded nitre on evapora- tion , a salt composed of potash and nitric acid . These are the principal discoveries with which Cavendish enriched ...
... mercury was corroded , and , on introducing a solution of potash , it became saturated , and yielded nitre on evapora- tion , a salt composed of potash and nitric acid . These are the principal discoveries with which Cavendish enriched ...
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Page 31 - Have not the small particles of bodies certain powers, virtues, or forces, by which they act at a distance, not only upon the rays of light for reflecting, refracting, and inflecting them, but also upon one another for producing a great part of the phenomena of nature?
Page 258 - As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
Page 408 - The warp was placed perpendicularly ; the reed fell with a force of at least half a hundred weight ; and the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to have thrown a Congreve rocket ; in short, it required the strength of two powerful men to work the machine at a slow rate, and only for a short time.
Page 408 - Now you will not assert, gentlemen/ said I, ' that it is more difficult to construct a machine that shall weave, than one which shall make all the variety of moves which are required in that complicated game.
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Page 31 - I do not here consider. What I call attraction may be performed by impulse, or by some other means unknown to me. I use that Word here to signify only in general any Force by which Bodies tend towards one another, whatsoever be the Cause.
Page 66 - I presently found that, by means of this lens, air was expelled from it very readily. Having got about three or four times as much as the bulk of my materials, I admitted water to it, and found that it was not imbibed by it. But what surprised me more than I can well express was, that a candle burned in this air with a remarkably vigorous flame...
Page 408 - ... three movements, which were to follow each other in succession, there would be little difficulty in producing and repeating them. Full of these ideas, I immediately employed a carpenter and smith to carry them into effect. As soon as the machine was finished, I got a weaver to put in the warp, which was of such materials as sailcloth is usually made of. To my great delight, a piece of cloth, such as it was, was the produce.
Page 336 - Glory is the reward of science ; and those who deserve it scorn all meaner views.
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