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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... magnetic needle placed in the neighbourhood of an electric current always places itself perpendicular to the plane through the current and the centre of the needle ; or , more definitely , that a magnetic north pole , carried at a ...
... magnetic needle placed in the neighbourhood of an electric current always places itself perpendicular to the plane through the current and the centre of the needle ; or , more definitely , that a magnetic north pole , carried at a ...
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... magnetic force , or lines the direction of which at any point of their course coincides with that of the magnetic force at that point . His discovery can be thus stated : -Whenever the number of lines of force passing through a closed ...
... magnetic force , or lines the direction of which at any point of their course coincides with that of the magnetic force at that point . His discovery can be thus stated : -Whenever the number of lines of force passing through a closed ...
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... magnetic instrument for measuring or indicating drano currents was Schweigger , who in 1820 invented the " multiplier . " Nobili used ( 1825 ) the astatic " multiplier " with two needles , which is sometimes named after him . Becquerel ...
... magnetic instrument for measuring or indicating drano currents was Schweigger , who in 1820 invented the " multiplier . " Nobili used ( 1825 ) the astatic " multiplier " with two needles , which is sometimes named after him . Becquerel ...
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... magnetic inductive capacity is very nearly equal to that of air , the dielectric capacity is equal to the square of the index of refraction for light of infinite wave length . Although , as perhaps was to be expected , owing to ...
... magnetic inductive capacity is very nearly equal to that of air , the dielectric capacity is equal to the square of the index of refraction for light of infinite wave length . Although , as perhaps was to be expected , owing to ...
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... magnetic force . credit of doing a similar service for electricity . To Weber belongs the only devised three different systems of such units - the He not electrodynamical , the electrostatical , and the electromag- netic - but he ...
... magnetic force . credit of doing a similar service for electricity . To Weber belongs the only devised three different systems of such units - the He not electrodynamical , the electrostatical , and the electromag- netic - but he ...
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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.