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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... latter in o , the common tangent being , sections of a given curve Cn by a transversal of course , the polar line of o . The first polar which constantly passes through o , is called the Cn - 1 of any point o is the locus of the points ...
... latter in o , the common tangent being , sections of a given curve Cn by a transversal of course , the polar line of o . The first polar which constantly passes through o , is called the Cn - 1 of any point o is the locus of the points ...
Side 32
... latter period , one of the slowest and most easily robbed of any in the country . In 1784 , it was usual for the diligences be- tween London and Bath to accomplish the journey in seventeen hours , while the post took forty hours ; and ...
... latter period , one of the slowest and most easily robbed of any in the country . In 1784 , it was usual for the diligences be- tween London and Bath to accomplish the journey in seventeen hours , while the post took forty hours ; and ...
Side 35
... latter is a very important salt ; it forms the greater part of the residuum or ash of burnt wood , from which it is obtained by lixiviation . It is brought to this country from Russia and America , under the names of pearlash and potash ...
... latter is a very important salt ; it forms the greater part of the residuum or ash of burnt wood , from which it is obtained by lixiviation . It is brought to this country from Russia and America , under the names of pearlash and potash ...
Side 44
... latter forces must be a force tending to impress on the ring a motion round the intersection of its plane with the ecliptic . The same thing holds true of the other half of the ring which is under the ecliptic . If the earth , therefore ...
... latter forces must be a force tending to impress on the ring a motion round the intersection of its plane with the ecliptic . The same thing holds true of the other half of the ring which is under the ecliptic . If the earth , therefore ...
Side 45
... latter would occur in this country , if it were not the case that gold and silver are as rapidly exported as they are imported , the course of trade in the precious metals using this country only as a reservoir from which supplies are ...
... latter would occur in this country , if it were not the case that gold and silver are as rapidly exported as they are imported , the course of trade in the precious metals using this country only as a reservoir from which supplies are ...
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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.