Reading lessons, ed. by E. Hughes, Book 4Edward Hughes 1858 |
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Page 57
... 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 . ] 57 SNOW CRYSTALS .
... 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 . ] 57 SNOW CRYSTALS .
Page 58
... melting , and to the eye of a casual observer , presents a very anomalous appearance . In the Report of the British Meteorological Society for 1855 , I have treated at length on these interesting bodies , and have appended illustrations ...
... melting , and to the eye of a casual observer , presents a very anomalous appearance . In the Report of the British Meteorological Society for 1855 , I have treated at length on these interesting bodies , and have appended illustrations ...
Page 180
... melted streamlets . We might hold a light against the side of a candle and melt it until the tallow flows downwards , and yet it would not be kindled into a flame . It is to assist in this separation that a wick is provided . The wick ...
... melted streamlets . We might hold a light against the side of a candle and melt it until the tallow flows downwards , and yet it would not be kindled into a flame . It is to assist in this separation that a wick is provided . The wick ...
Page 181
... melted fat , and each one thus became a rushlight . At the present time , when candles are cheaper than in former days , cottage- made rushlights are less known . 12. The substances which are suitable for being made into candles are ...
... melted fat , and each one thus became a rushlight . At the present time , when candles are cheaper than in former days , cottage- made rushlights are less known . 12. The substances which are suitable for being made into candles are ...
Page 182
... melted in a square trough by means of fire or steam . The dipper takes three sticks , or broaches , as they are called , between his two hands " and dips all the wicks into the melted tallow ; after two or three dippings he hangs them ...
... melted in a square trough by means of fire or steam . The dipper takes three sticks , or broaches , as they are called , between his two hands " and dips all the wicks into the melted tallow ; after two or three dippings he hangs them ...
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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...