Reading lessons, ed. by E. Hughes, Book 4Edward Hughes 1858 |
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Page 44
... angles , and very liable to have its shape distorted by careless treatment . We can , however , always insure a perfect circle , by the use of the turning - lathe : the receiving surface , therefore , should be circular ; and its area ...
... angles , and very liable to have its shape distorted by careless treatment . We can , however , always insure a perfect circle , by the use of the turning - lathe : the receiving surface , therefore , should be circular ; and its area ...
Page 56
... angle of 60 degrees in accordance with which law its figures are com- pounded of hexagons , and their component parts respectively arranged at an angle of 60 ° . The combinations so given rise according to our present infor- to may be ...
... angle of 60 degrees in accordance with which law its figures are com- pounded of hexagons , and their component parts respectively arranged at an angle of 60 ° . The combinations so given rise according to our present infor- to may be ...
Page 57
... angles to the plane of each . Such is fig . 25 , which is one of the most simple types I have been able to select . The manner of the subsidence of these bodies on first melt- ing , is a very important point of observation ;. Glaisher ...
... angles to the plane of each . Such is fig . 25 , which is one of the most simple types I have been able to select . The manner of the subsidence of these bodies on first melt- ing , is a very important point of observation ;. Glaisher ...
Page 58
... angle blunted . Thus a figure laden with prisms upon the main arm will assume the appear- ance of fig . 26 , which was drawn while melting , and to the eye of a casual observer , presents a very anomalous appearance . In the Report of ...
... angle blunted . Thus a figure laden with prisms upon the main arm will assume the appear- ance of fig . 26 , which was drawn while melting , and to the eye of a casual observer , presents a very anomalous appearance . In the Report of ...
Page 166
... angles with each other , and they are laid tops and roots alter- nately , to make the rick level . Seven to eight feet is the height of the rick , which is finished by laying a single row lengthwise , and then another row , but with the ...
... angles with each other , and they are laid tops and roots alter- nately , to make the rick level . Seven to eight feet is the height of the rick , which is finished by laying a single row lengthwise , and then another row , but with the ...
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Page 278 - Tis brightness all ; save where the new snow melts Along the mazy current. Low the woods Bow their hoar head ; and ere the languid sun, Faint from the west, emits his evening ray, Earth's universal face, deep hid and chill, Is one wild dazzling waste, that buries wide The works of man.
Page 101 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Page 365 - Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Page 59 - Nature! great parent! whose unceasing hand Rolls round the seasons of the changeful year, How mighty, how majestic, are thy works ! With what a pleasing dread they swell the soul ! That sees astonish'd!
Page 364 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! In wisdom hast thou made them all : The earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.
Page 60 - That solemn sounding bids the world prepare. Then issues forth the storm with sudden burst, And hurls the whole precipitated air Down, in a torrent. On the passive main, Descends th' ethereal force, and with strong gust Turns from its bottom the discolour'd deep.
Page 388 - Syrian seas, when the night is so dark as to conceal from view the stars which might direct their course, according to the position of the four cardinal points, take a basin full of water, which they shelter from...
Page 277 - Bear me, Pomona ! to thy citron groves ; To where the lemon and the piercing lime, With the deep orange, glowing through the green, Their lighter glories blend.
Page 84 - If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
Page 276 - Yon blaze is feeble, and yon skies are cool. See, how at once the bright effulgent sun, Rising direct, swift chases from the sky The short-lived twilight ; and with ardent blaze Looks gaily fierce through all the dazzling air...