Monthly Journal of Science, and Annals of Biology, Astronomy, Geology, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology, Volumen7James Samuelson, William Crookes J. Churchill and Sons., 1870 |
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... whilst the propagation of light only takes place ( so far as we yet know ) by means of this ether , heat , on the contrary , spreads itself in two ways . It may be propagated from particle to particle by tangible matter , and the ...
... whilst the propagation of light only takes place ( so far as we yet know ) by means of this ether , heat , on the contrary , spreads itself in two ways . It may be propagated from particle to particle by tangible matter , and the ...
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... whilst the musical scale is literally a rainbow of sound . It is hardly too much to say that we might possibly translate into a musical melody a sunset , a flower , or a painting by a Rubens or a Raphael . ‡ But here let us check our ...
... whilst the musical scale is literally a rainbow of sound . It is hardly too much to say that we might possibly translate into a musical melody a sunset , a flower , or a painting by a Rubens or a Raphael . ‡ But here let us check our ...
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... whilst they were on their wanderings was but a law for the observance of a then well - known sanitary precaution . The filth of Jerusalem was , it is recorded , at one time burnt in an oven in the valley of Hinnom , which also served ...
... whilst they were on their wanderings was but a law for the observance of a then well - known sanitary precaution . The filth of Jerusalem was , it is recorded , at one time burnt in an oven in the valley of Hinnom , which also served ...
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... whilst the latter is allowed to pass away into the most convenient channel for its escape . The value of the manurial ingredients held in solution , being to that contained in the solid portions as six to one , the great fertilizer ...
... whilst the latter is allowed to pass away into the most convenient channel for its escape . The value of the manurial ingredients held in solution , being to that contained in the solid portions as six to one , the great fertilizer ...
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... whilst the outfalls from land top - dressed and undrained are turbid with the matter carried away , and com- plained of as a nuisance , the outfalls from drained land , richly manured with the liquid , discharge pellucid streams ...
... whilst the outfalls from land top - dressed and undrained are turbid with the matter carried away , and com- plained of as a nuisance , the outfalls from drained land , richly manured with the liquid , discharge pellucid streams ...
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Página 338 - ... amended, that it might be well to give some account of it here. The plaintiff proved he had received damage from smoke coming from the direction of the defendant's works, and alleged that the damage he had sustained was wholly done by them, intimating that if he gained a verdict in the present suit he should apply to the Court of Chancery for an injunction to restrain the carrying on of the works altogether, as he believed he would then be free from all damage. In defence it was pointed out that...
Página 506 - I therefore wrote the board full from top to bottom on both sides ; and my landlord, to be certain of having the whole force of the charm, washed the writing from the board into a calabash with a little water, and having said a few prayers over it, drank this powerful draught: after which, lest a single word should escape, he licked the board until it was quite dry.
Página 319 - The spiritualist tells of flowers with the fresh dew on them, of fruit and living objects being carried through closed windows, and even solid brick walls. The scientific investigator naturally asks that an additional weight (if it be only the thousandth part of a grain) be deposited on one pan of his balance when the case is locked.