Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, כרך 15,חלק 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 81
עמוד 5
... measured and weighed them ; and then weighed the other feven with their laterals ; by which means he found the fum of all their lengths to be 1448 feet . Suppofing then the periphery of these roots at a medium to be 0.31 of an inch ...
... measured and weighed them ; and then weighed the other feven with their laterals ; by which means he found the fum of all their lengths to be 1448 feet . Suppofing then the periphery of these roots at a medium to be 0.31 of an inch ...
עמוד 6
... measure to be fupplied by the much greater quan- tity of liquor , which the vegetable takes in , than the animal , whereby its motion is accelerated ; for we find the fun - flower , bulk for bulk , imbibes and perfpires 17 times more ...
... measure to be fupplied by the much greater quan- tity of liquor , which the vegetable takes in , than the animal , whereby its motion is accelerated ; for we find the fun - flower , bulk for bulk , imbibes and perfpires 17 times more ...
עמוד 12
... measure . " See SENSITIVE Plant , MIMOSA , DIO- NEA Mufcipula , Vegetable MOTION , Sc . To thefe ingenious and fpirited obfervations , we shall fubjoin nothing of our own , but leave our readers to determine for themfelves ( c ) ...
... measure . " See SENSITIVE Plant , MIMOSA , DIO- NEA Mufcipula , Vegetable MOTION , Sc . To thefe ingenious and fpirited obfervations , we shall fubjoin nothing of our own , but leave our readers to determine for themfelves ( c ) ...
עמוד 26
... measure unproductive , be- ing fcarce worth mowing . In April 1788 , I covered a piece of grafs land upwards of two inches thick with barn manure ; in the fame worn - out field I fowed pla- fter , to contraft it with the dung . I mowed ...
... measure unproductive , be- ing fcarce worth mowing . In April 1788 , I covered a piece of grafs land upwards of two inches thick with barn manure ; in the fame worn - out field I fowed pla- fter , to contraft it with the dung . I mowed ...
עמוד 34
... measuring a degree of the meri dian in Peru . In the relation of his voyage , which was published at Madrid in 1748 ... measures not only to prevent its exportation , but partly to conceal the knowledge of it from the world . It is ...
... measuring a degree of the meri dian in Peru . In the relation of his voyage , which was published at Madrid in 1748 ... measures not only to prevent its exportation , but partly to conceal the knowledge of it from the world . It is ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 231 - Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate ; Beneath the good how far — but far above the great ! ODE VI.
עמוד 224 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride : — Happy, happy, happy pair ! None but the brave None but the brave None but the brave deserves the fair...
עמוד 231 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
עמוד 231 - On Thracia's hills the Lord of War Has curb'd the fury of his car, And dropp'd his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled plumes, and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye.
עמוד 192 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
עמוד 221 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
עמוד 230 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
עמוד 224 - On his imperial throne: His valiant peers were plac'd around; Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound : (So should desert in arms be crown'd.) The lovely Thais, by his side, Sate like a blooming Eastern bride In flow'r of youth and beauty's pride.
עמוד 172 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
עמוד 230 - He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe.