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Side xxi
... to build cities , to " play on the harp and organ , and to work in brass " and iron . " 66 The sovereigns of foreign lands are daily offering new premiums for the advancement of the arts of civilized the Royal Institution . xxi.
... to build cities , to " play on the harp and organ , and to work in brass " and iron . " 66 The sovereigns of foreign lands are daily offering new premiums for the advancement of the arts of civilized the Royal Institution . xxi.
Side 54
... iron pyrites , with a great variety of marine animal remains , for the most part covers the limestone ; and this bed of clay , intersected occasionally by veins of sand , runs out from the hills to a considerable distance under the soil ...
... iron pyrites , with a great variety of marine animal remains , for the most part covers the limestone ; and this bed of clay , intersected occasionally by veins of sand , runs out from the hills to a considerable distance under the soil ...
Side 55
... iron , which renders these waters so highly chalybeate ; likewise the acid for the production of all the sulphuric salts , as well as the sulphur for the formation of the sulphuretted hydrogen found in these waters . The muriate of soda ...
... iron , which renders these waters so highly chalybeate ; likewise the acid for the production of all the sulphuric salts , as well as the sulphur for the formation of the sulphuretted hydrogen found in these waters . The muriate of soda ...
Side 58
... iron plates , se- curely put together with iron rivets . The first boiler is nine feet long , six feet in diameter , and four and a half feet deep . The second is six feet square , and four and a half feet in depth . The third is eight ...
... iron plates , se- curely put together with iron rivets . The first boiler is nine feet long , six feet in diameter , and four and a half feet deep . The second is six feet square , and four and a half feet in depth . The third is eight ...
Side 60
... iron pan , five feet diame- ter , and lined at the bottom , and in its whole circumference , with marble , to prevent the salts from acquiring any stain . When this vessel is filled , a number of loose sticks are laid to float upon the ...
... iron pan , five feet diame- ter , and lined at the bottom , and in its whole circumference , with marble , to prevent the salts from acquiring any stain . When this vessel is filled , a number of loose sticks are laid to float upon the ...
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Side x - For such a long-oppressed right. Bacon, at last, a mighty man, arose, Whom a wise king and nature chose Lord Chancellor of both their laws, And boldly undertook the injured pupil's cause.
Side 90 - ... she tries to imitate ; but she had become sickly, and longed to revisit her native country ; her husband also, who had spent many years amongst the Indians, was become weary of a civilized life.
Side 373 - From the series of observations made at and below London Bridge, compared with the river as far up as Kew and Oxford, Mr. Stevenson is of opinion that the waters of the Thames seldom change, but are probably carried up and down with the turn of the alternate tides for an indefinite period, which he is of opinion may be one, if not the principal, cause of what is termed the extreme softness of the waters of the Thames. Mr. Stevenson has made similar experiments on the Rivers Forth ,and Tay, and at...
Side 359 - ... hardness, transparency, or opacity; lustre, taste, smell, elasticity, weight, or specific gravity; magnetism, electricity, and phosphorescence. No doubt, most of these terms are clearly understood by our readers; but some of them may require a little explanation. By specific gravity, is meant the weight of any substance compared with the weight of an equal bulk of distilled water ; which, as the standard of comparison, is called one. Thus, if the weight of a cubic inch of...