The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, Volumen8Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... applied to him . The philosophy of Xenophanes took its rise in a strong antagonism to the popular anthropomorphic mythology ; and , though it con- tains part , it is far from containing the whole , of the Eleatic doctrine as maintained ...
... applied to him . The philosophy of Xenophanes took its rise in a strong antagonism to the popular anthropomorphic mythology ; and , though it con- tains part , it is far from containing the whole , of the Eleatic doctrine as maintained ...
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... applied similar reasoning to sight - that , as you cannot hear a single grain of corn fall , you cannot hear the sound of a number of grains falling , the sound of the falling of the number of grains being made up of the sounds of the ...
... applied similar reasoning to sight - that , as you cannot hear a single grain of corn fall , you cannot hear the sound of a number of grains falling , the sound of the falling of the number of grains being made up of the sounds of the ...
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... applied to them the principles of philosophical relation of electricity to magnetism . We shall , however , investigation . In order to determine if other bodies pos- make no attempt to adhere to this division , but shall sessed the ...
... applied to them the principles of philosophical relation of electricity to magnetism . We shall , however , investigation . In order to determine if other bodies pos- make no attempt to adhere to this division , but shall sessed the ...
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... applied the mirror scale and tele- ele scope method of reading , which had been suggested by in Poggendorff , and used by himself and Gauss in magnetic measurements about 1833. In 1846 he proceeded with his improved apparatus to test ...
... applied the mirror scale and tele- ele scope method of reading , which had been suggested by in Poggendorff , and used by himself and Gauss in magnetic measurements about 1833. In 1846 he proceeded with his improved apparatus to test ...
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... applied to explain electrostatic and electromagnetic action . In 1846 Weber , applying his improved instruments , arrived at accurate verifications of the laws of induction , which by this time had been developed mathematically by ...
... applied to explain electrostatic and electromagnetic action . In 1846 Weber , applying his improved instruments , arrived at accurate verifications of the laws of induction , which by this time had been developed mathematically by ...
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Página 135 - Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
Página 144 - ... midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman...
Página 143 - And in the end, this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin.
Página 144 - I, that was wont to behold her riding like Alexander, hunting like Diana, walking like Venus, the gentle wind blowing her fair hair about her pure cheeks, like a nymph, sometimes sitting in the shade like a goddess, sometimes singing like an angel, sometimes playing like Orpheus ; behold the sorrow of this world ! once amiss hath bereaved me of all.
Página 208 - It is hardly necessary to add that anything which any insulated body, or system of bodies, can continue to furnish without limitation, cannot possibly be a material substance; and it appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything capable of being excited and communicated in the manner the Heat was excited and communicated in these experiments, except it be MOTION.
Página 144 - ... next came the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic; her face oblong, fair but wrinkled; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant, her nose a little hooked; her lips narrow, and her teeth black...
Página 212 - To each one according to his capacity, to each capacity according to its works.
Página 160 - Employer, or any part thereof, shall be deemed to have feloniously stolen the same from his Master or Employer, although such chattel, money, or security, was not received into the possession of such Master or Employer, otherwise than by the actual possession of his Clerk, Servant, or other person so employed...
Página 208 - From hence it is evident that the Heat produced could not possibly have been furnished at the expense of the latent Heat of the metallic chips.
Página 136 - And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.