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... manner we may conclude that the notions of magnitude and figure , suggested to us by the contact of solid bodies in the dark , are derived from the visual idea of the portions of our skin which are touched by the solid bodies . If we ...
... manner we may conclude that the notions of magnitude and figure , suggested to us by the contact of solid bodies in the dark , are derived from the visual idea of the portions of our skin which are touched by the solid bodies . If we ...
Side 10
... manner in which we acquire this notion is the object of the present inquiry . A child has at first no conception that any part of the picture presented to his eyes is composed of his own figure . He views his hand , body , or foot ...
... manner in which we acquire this notion is the object of the present inquiry . A child has at first no conception that any part of the picture presented to his eyes is composed of his own figure . He views his hand , body , or foot ...
Side 57
... manner , that a pump might be fixed in it so as to draw this water to the surface , without allowing it to mix with any other spring which might be discovered at a still greater depth . Having taken these precautions , the men then ...
... manner , that a pump might be fixed in it so as to draw this water to the surface , without allowing it to mix with any other spring which might be discovered at a still greater depth . Having taken these precautions , the men then ...
Side 58
... manner ; and each cover has an opening of about two and a half feet square , called a man - hole , for the purpose of cleaning out the precipitates from the boilers occa- sionally . Each man - hole is covered by an iron door , which ...
... manner ; and each cover has an opening of about two and a half feet square , called a man - hole , for the purpose of cleaning out the precipitates from the boilers occa- sionally . Each man - hole is covered by an iron door , which ...
Side 59
... and filtered in the same manner . When the earthy salt has had time to subside , and the filtration is completed , which generally requires twelve hours to accomplish , the filtrated liquor is pumped up into Waters of Cheltenham . 59.
... and filtered in the same manner . When the earthy salt has had time to subside , and the filtration is completed , which generally requires twelve hours to accomplish , the filtrated liquor is pumped up into Waters of Cheltenham . 59.
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Side 80 - To me, sir, it appears that the Author of Nature has marked our limits in the south, by the Gulf of Mexico; and on the north, by the regions of eternal frost.
Side 364 - ... material creation, and at another with the endless subordination of animal life ; and, what is yet of more importance, might supply the decays of nature, and succour old age with subsidiary sight. Thus was the first artificer in glass employed, though without his own knowledge or expectation. He was facilitating and prolonging the enjoyment of light, enlarging the avenues of science, and conferring the highest and most lasting pleasures ; he was enabling the student to contemplate nature, and...
Side 363 - Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat, melted into a metalline form, rugged with excrescences, and clouded with impurities, would have imagined, that in this shapeless lump lay concealed so many conveniencies of life, as would in time constitute a great part of the happiness of the world...
Side 370 - Observations on the Temperature of the Ocean and Atmosphere, and on the Density of Sea-water, made during a Voyage to Ceylon. In a Letter to Sir Humphrey Davy, LL.DFRS By John Davy, MDFRS—22.
Side 232 - The Botanist's Companion; or an Introduction to the Knowledge of Practical Botany, and the Uses of Plants, either growing wild in Great Britain, or cultivated for the Purposes of Agriculture, Medicine, Rural Economy, or the Arts, on a new Plan.
Side 235 - A Treatise on the Diseases of Arteries and Veins; containing the Pathology and Treatment of Aneurisms and wounded Arteries. By Joseph Hodgson, Member of the Iloyul College of Surgeons in London.
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...