The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Teil 2,Band 9Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... latter half of the last century , and seems to have had the merit of first applying the disco- veries of Priestley respecting nitric oxide to the examination of the qualities of the atmosphere , by means of the eudiometer . This is the ...
... latter half of the last century , and seems to have had the merit of first applying the disco- veries of Priestley respecting nitric oxide to the examination of the qualities of the atmosphere , by means of the eudiometer . This is the ...
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... latter respects the quality of food ; the former the quantity , as well as quality . Food specifies no circumstances , and is appli- cable to all living creatures . See Crabbe . Food , then , is victuals ; provision for the mouth ; any ...
... latter respects the quality of food ; the former the quantity , as well as quality . Food specifies no circumstances , and is appli- cable to all living creatures . See Crabbe . Food , then , is victuals ; provision for the mouth ; any ...
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... latter converted into a gelatinous substance . If , therefore , our meat be boiled too long or too fast , we shall ob- tain , where the albumen predominates , as in beef , a hard and indigestible mass , like an over- boiled egg ; or ...
... latter converted into a gelatinous substance . If , therefore , our meat be boiled too long or too fast , we shall ob- tain , where the albumen predominates , as in beef , a hard and indigestible mass , like an over- boiled egg ; or ...
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... latter process mutton loses one - fifth , and beef one - fourth ; but by roasting , these meats lose about one - third of their weight . In roasting , the loss arises from the melting out of the fat , and the evaporating of the water ...
... latter process mutton loses one - fifth , and beef one - fourth ; but by roasting , these meats lose about one - third of their weight . In roasting , the loss arises from the melting out of the fat , and the evaporating of the water ...
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... latter hard , water . Soft water is a more powerful solvent of all vegetable mat- ters , and is consequently to be preferred for do- mestic as well as medicinal purposes . The brewer knows well , from experience , how much more readily ...
... latter hard , water . Soft water is a more powerful solvent of all vegetable mat- ters , and is consequently to be preferred for do- mestic as well as medicinal purposes . The brewer knows well , from experience , how much more readily ...
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Seite 431 - Now, where the quick Rhone thus hath cleft his way, The mightiest of the storms hath ta'en his stand : For here, not one, but many, make their play, And fling their thunderbolts from hand to hand...
Seite 401 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased — and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible.
Seite 402 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Seite 698 - Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke: How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!
Seite 753 - ... as it were suspended in the air, a visible representation of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the cross, surrounded on all sides with a glory; and was impressed as if a voice, or something equivalent to a voice, had come to him, to this effect (for he was not confident as to the words), "Oh, sinner! did I suffer this for thee, and are these thy returns?
Seite 586 - Franchise and liberty are used as synonymous terms, and their definition is a royal privilege or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject.
Seite 430 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Seite 668 - To be no more. Sad cure ! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion...
Seite 481 - No, there is a necessity in Fate, Why still the brave bold man is fortunate; He keeps his object ever full in sight, And that assurance holds him firm and right, True, 'tis a narrow way that leads to bliss, \ But right before there is no precipice; ) Fear makes men look aside, and so their footing miss.
Seite 417 - Person, as I take it, is the name for this self. Wherever a man finds what he calls himself there, I think, another may say is the same person. It is a forensic term, appropriating actions and their merit; and so belongs only to intelligent agents capable of a law, and happiness, and misery.