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Side iv
... nature was developed by the experiments of Galvani , and a new and powerful instrument of research com- bined by the genius of Volta . The experimentalists of our school were not behind others in their inves- tigations of the laws of ...
... nature was developed by the experiments of Galvani , and a new and powerful instrument of research com- bined by the genius of Volta . The experimentalists of our school were not behind others in their inves- tigations of the laws of ...
Side viii
... nature , flowed in with a tide which almost overwhelmed the imagination . The decomposition of the earths , of the boracic acid , and the metalliza- tion of ammonia , gave reason to anticipate a still greater reduction in the numbers of ...
... nature , flowed in with a tide which almost overwhelmed the imagination . The decomposition of the earths , of the boracic acid , and the metalliza- tion of ammonia , gave reason to anticipate a still greater reduction in the numbers of ...
Side ix
... nature of the muriatic acid . It is in this field that we again find the British school dis- tinguishing itself ; and the same hand which scat- tered so widely the seeds of discovery , employed in eradicating the deeply - rooted weeds ...
... nature of the muriatic acid . It is in this field that we again find the British school dis- tinguishing itself ; and the same hand which scat- tered so widely the seeds of discovery , employed in eradicating the deeply - rooted weeds ...
Side x
... nature and properties was rendered compara- tively easy by the reformation which had taken place , and the reformed theory received additional support from new analogies , the strongest and most convincing . The theory of definite ...
... nature and properties was rendered compara- tively easy by the reformation which had taken place , and the reformed theory received additional support from new analogies , the strongest and most convincing . The theory of definite ...
Side xii
... nature of the enemy with which she had to contend , traced , with laborious and often dangerous perse- verance , its most recondite principles , and at length presented to the astonished and grateful miner the ignited elements of ...
... nature of the enemy with which she had to contend , traced , with laborious and often dangerous perse- verance , its most recondite principles , and at length presented to the astonished and grateful miner the ignited elements of ...
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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...