Scientific Tracts and Family Lyceum: Designed for Instruction and Entertainment, and Adapted to Schools, Lyceums and Families, Band 1Allen & Ticknor, 1834 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 82
Seite 5
... means of these , seamen ascertain the longitude of their vessels , and thus find how far east or west they are of their port of destination . The great improvements which have been made in Nautical Astronomy in modern times , have been ...
... means of these , seamen ascertain the longitude of their vessels , and thus find how far east or west they are of their port of destination . The great improvements which have been made in Nautical Astronomy in modern times , have been ...
Seite 9
... mean distance of the moon from the earth is about 237,000 miles ; we say mean distance , because sometimes she is nearer than at other times . The revolution of the moon about the earth , and its comparative position with respect to the ...
... mean distance of the moon from the earth is about 237,000 miles ; we say mean distance , because sometimes she is nearer than at other times . The revolution of the moon about the earth , and its comparative position with respect to the ...
Seite 10
... means the moon . Some others have suggested that the quarterly phases of the moon , happening as they do every seventh day , first gave rise to the almost universal weekly division of time , It will be remembered that the Deity himself ...
... means the moon . Some others have suggested that the quarterly phases of the moon , happening as they do every seventh day , first gave rise to the almost universal weekly division of time , It will be remembered that the Deity himself ...
Seite 28
... mean time , ap- parently watched its dying movements , and when the rat crawled too fast , it would dart up to the body and give an- other bite . Suffice it to say , the rat died , and the fallen ene- my , together with its belligerent ...
... mean time , ap- parently watched its dying movements , and when the rat crawled too fast , it would dart up to the body and give an- other bite . Suffice it to say , the rat died , and the fallen ene- my , together with its belligerent ...
Seite 38
... mean to prove that the tree digests , or rather changes the cha- racter of its food as well as the man ; that in both cases the food is , before it is consumed by the tree or animal , a dead kind of matter , entirely different from any ...
... mean to prove that the tree digests , or rather changes the cha- racter of its food as well as the man ; that in both cases the food is , before it is consumed by the tree or animal , a dead kind of matter , entirely different from any ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ancient animals appearance Bamiyan beautiful birds blood body bones Boston brain called cast cause character chyle chyme circle color communication CONCORD LYCEUM Connecticut river course Deerfield Deerfield Academy Deerfield river digestion discovered earth England Europe exist experiments FAMILY LYCEUM feet fish French Furnished give ground harvest moons head human hundred inches India Rubber Indian influence inhabitants interesting labor lacteals land lecture letters light manner Medusa ment miles moon motion mould mountains Mussulmen nation native nature never observed organ particular person petrifactions phrenology piece plants plaster portion possess present Prussia quadrature quantity remarkable render river Scientific Tracts seen Society species stomach supposed surface telegraph tides tion toises town town of Deerfield Tracts and Family Tracts and Lyceum tree vegetable vessels vultures whole
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 334 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Seite 102 - Since this work was printed off, I have seen a substance excellently adapted to the purpose of wiping from paper the marks of a black-lead pencil.
Seite 292 - There with its waving blade of green. The sea-flag streams through the silent water, And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush, like a banner bathed in slaughter: There with a light and easy motion, The fan-coral Sweeps through the clear deep sea; And the yellow and scarlet tufts of ocean Are bending like corn on the upland lea: And life, in rare and beautiful forms.
Seite 296 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire; Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Seite 90 - Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Seite 362 - Dec. 16, 1714; educated at Oxford University; ordained 1736. In a ministry of thirty-four years, he crossed the Atlantic thirteen times, and preached more than 18,000 sermons...
Seite 89 - Here is the finest air to live upon in the universe ; and if our trees and birds could speak, and our assemblymen be silent, the finest conversation too.
Seite 148 - ... of our northern manufactures and this city. And why may we not look forward to the time when there shall be such a communication between this city and New York, Philadelphia, and Washington ? I dare not presume to predict such an event for some time to come ; and yet when we daily witness the extraordinary resources of this growing country — when we observe the wonderful results of an active and intelligent population incessantly occupied in developing their powers and resources — and stimulated,...
Seite 306 - Turnips and carrots are thought indigenous roots of France. Our cauliflowers came from Cyprus ; our artichokes from Sicily ; lettuce from Cos, a name corrupted into gause, shallots, or eschallots from Ascalon.
Seite 228 - In this engagement three men and a boy were killed, one boy was taken prisoner, and Miss Allen was wounded in the head and left for dead, but not scalped. In endeavoring to make her escape she was pursued by an Indian with an uplifted tomahawk and a gun. She was extremely active, and would have outran him, had he not fired upon her. The ball missed her, but she supposed that it had struck her, and in her fright, she fell.