A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and Derivations of the Scientific Terms in General Use, Together with the History and Descriptions of the Scientific Principles of Nearly Every Branch of Human Knowledge, Volum 3William Thomas Brande, George William Cox Longmans, Green and Company, 1867 |
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... feet 3 inches long , and 2 feet 8 inches in diameter ; the small one 14 feet 9 inches long , and 1 foot 7 inches in diameter . Pony ( Mr. Wedgwood connects this word with the Polish konik , the diminutive of kon , a horse , as the ...
... feet 3 inches long , and 2 feet 8 inches in diameter ; the small one 14 feet 9 inches long , and 1 foot 7 inches in diameter . Pony ( Mr. Wedgwood connects this word with the Polish konik , the diminutive of kon , a horse , as the ...
Side 94
... feet long by 20 wide , and the lower , which was elliptical , was 20 by 10 ; the height of the former was 14 feet , of the latter 7 . Pristis ( Gr . πploτns ) . The sawfish . The common species of this genus of sharks ( Pristis ...
... feet long by 20 wide , and the lower , which was elliptical , was 20 by 10 ; the height of the former was 14 feet , of the latter 7 . Pristis ( Gr . πploτns ) . The sawfish . The common species of this genus of sharks ( Pristis ...
Side 95
... feet long by three feet wide , used in the Ladrone Islands . The lee side is flat , being the mere longitudinal section of the common form , and the head and stern exactly slike . A slight framework projects several feet to windward ...
... feet long by three feet wide , used in the Ladrone Islands . The lee side is flat , being the mere longitudinal section of the common form , and the head and stern exactly slike . A slight framework projects several feet to windward ...
Side 136
... feet ( the height of a column of water which balances the pressure of the atmosphere ) , it is not found practicable , with pumps of the ordinary construction , to raise it more than about twenty - eight feet . The difference arises ...
... feet ( the height of a column of water which balances the pressure of the atmosphere ) , it is not found practicable , with pumps of the ordinary construction , to raise it more than about twenty - eight feet . The difference arises ...
Side 145
... feet ; so that it occupies a Thermopyla ) . The title of one of the two de- space of more than 13 acres . Its perpendicular puties from each confederate at the Amphi- height is 480 feet , being , consequently , 43 feet etyonic Council ...
... feet ; so that it occupies a Thermopyla ) . The title of one of the two de- space of more than 13 acres . Its perpendicular puties from each confederate at the Amphi- height is 480 feet , being , consequently , 43 feet etyonic Council ...
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Side 290 - ... breakings down. They will here meet with ruts which I actually measured four feet deep, and floating with mud only from a wet summer...
Side 325 - Sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges or tokens of Christian men's profession, but rather they be certain sure witnesses, and effectual signs of grace, and God's good will towards us, by the which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also strengthen and confirm our Faith in him.
Side 325 - There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord. Those five commonly called Sacraments, that is to say, Confirmation, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and extreme Unction, are not to be counted for Sacraments of the Gospel...
Side 427 - It is a rule in law, when the ancestor by any gift or conveyance takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee or in tail; that always in such cases, 'the heirs' are words of limitation of the estate, and not words of purchase.
Side 214 - A recognizance is an obligation of record, which a man enters into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized)', with condition to do some particular act; as to appear at the assizes, to keep the peace, to pay a debt, or the like.
Side 362 - Parliament, that all barons and substantial freeholders throughout the realm should send their children to school from the age of six to nine years, and then to other seminaries to be instructed in the laws; that the country might be possessed of persons properly qualified to discharge the duties of sheriffs, and to fill other civil offices.
Side 44 - Predestination to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Side 28 - Positive philosophy maintains that, within the existing order of the Universe, or rather of the part of it known to us, the direct determining cause of every phenomenon is not supernatural but natural. It is compatible with this to believe that the universe was created and even that it is continuously governed by an Intelligence, provided we admit that the intelligent Governor adheres to fixed laws, which are only modified or counteracted by other laws of the same dispensation, and are never either...
Side 5 - England, there are very probable reasons for believing, has not only sacrificed a part of the absolute advantage which she, as well as every other nation, might have derived from that trade, but has subjected herself both to an absolute and to a relative disadvantage in almost every other branch of trade. When by the...
Side 113 - Four quantities are said to be proportional when thejatio of the first to the second is the same as the ratio of the third to the fourth.