Reading lessons, ed. by E. Hughes, Book 4Edward Hughes 1858 |
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... given by the barometer , and is determined by means of a standard barometer , or by one whose error of graduation is known . If the barometer reads too high , the correc- tion for index - error is subtractive ; and if too low , additive ...
... given by the barometer , and is determined by means of a standard barometer , or by one whose error of graduation is known . If the barometer reads too high , the correc- tion for index - error is subtractive ; and if too low , additive ...
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... given place , as shown in Table 5 in the Appendix ( p . 446 ) . In this manner the mean yearly temperature at Greenwich has been found for a period of 85 years . These results are shown in fig . 9 , p . 23 , under the column headed " Re ...
... given place , as shown in Table 5 in the Appendix ( p . 446 ) . In this manner the mean yearly temperature at Greenwich has been found for a period of 85 years . These results are shown in fig . 9 , p . 23 , under the column headed " Re ...
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... given time , as 12 or 24 hours , may be estimated . In use , the evaporat- ing - dish should be filled till the water is an inch in depth ; and the amount less than an inch when measured will indicate the amount carried of by vapour ...
... given time , as 12 or 24 hours , may be estimated . In use , the evaporat- ing - dish should be filled till the water is an inch in depth ; and the amount less than an inch when measured will indicate the amount carried of by vapour ...
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... given in my Hygro- metrical Tables . The numbers in the Table show the length of a column of mercury corresponding to the tension of aqueous vapour at different temperatures , and to find the elastic force of the vapour present at any ...
... given in my Hygro- metrical Tables . The numbers in the Table show the length of a column of mercury corresponding to the tension of aqueous vapour at different temperatures , and to find the elastic force of the vapour present at any ...
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... given rise according to our present infor- to may be considered , mation on the subject , illimitable , but always , however complex , referable to one of two bases , viz . , a plane hexagon , or a simple elementary star . Fig . 21 ...
... given rise according to our present infor- to may be considered , mation on the subject , illimitable , but always , however complex , referable to one of two bases , viz . , a plane hexagon , or a simple elementary star . Fig . 21 ...
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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...