A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and Derivations of the Scientific Terms in General Use, Together with the History and Descriptions of the Scientific Principles of Nearly Every Branch of Human Knowledge, Volume 3William Thomas Brande, George William Cox Longmans, Green and Company, 1867 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... light , but cherry - red in thin slices when viewed by trans- mitted light . It is found in the mines of Durango in Mexico , Freiberg in Saxony , Schemnitz in Hungary , and Przibram Bohemia . It has its name from the large quantity of ...
... light , but cherry - red in thin slices when viewed by trans- mitted light . It is found in the mines of Durango in Mexico , Freiberg in Saxony , Schemnitz in Hungary , and Przibram Bohemia . It has its name from the large quantity of ...
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... light , Phoebus ; as the king of day , in the practice of SUTTEE . Kephalos ( Cephalus ) ; as sinking to sleep , Ex- DYMION . The same process went on with all other names , and the result was an infinite multiplication of mythical ...
... light , Phoebus ; as the king of day , in the practice of SUTTEE . Kephalos ( Cephalus ) ; as sinking to sleep , Ex- DYMION . The same process went on with all other names , and the result was an infinite multiplication of mythical ...
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... light may be decomposed or separated . Newton supposed them to be seven red , orange , yellow , green , blue , indigo , and violet . Mayer considered some of these to be secondary colours , and that there are only three primary colours ...
... light may be decomposed or separated . Newton supposed them to be seven red , orange , yellow , green , blue , indigo , and violet . Mayer considered some of these to be secondary colours , and that there are only three primary colours ...
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... light into its constituent parts or colours by refrac tion . The prism is the instrument by means of which many of the remarkable phenomena of light and colours are exhibited . [ CHROMATICS ; OPTICS ; REFRACTION . ] PRISM . In Geometry ...
... light into its constituent parts or colours by refrac tion . The prism is the instrument by means of which many of the remarkable phenomena of light and colours are exhibited . [ CHROMATICS ; OPTICS ; REFRACTION . ] PRISM . In Geometry ...
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... light , who are supposed to pray the Chamber of country , as has been said above , manufactures Deputies to grant them protection against the something . Every country has a natural pro- importation of that foreign produce , the light ...
... light , who are supposed to pray the Chamber of country , as has been said above , manufactures Deputies to grant them protection against the something . Every country has a natural pro- importation of that foreign produce , the light ...
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Page 325 - There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord. Those five commonly called Sacraments, that is to say, Confirmation, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and extreme Unction, are not to be counted for Sacraments of the Gospel...
Page 427 - It is a rule in law, when the ancestor by any gift or conveyance takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee or in tail; that always in such cases, 'the heirs' are words of limitation of the estate, and not words of purchase.
Page 325 - Sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges or tokens of Christian men's profession, but rather they be certain sure witnesses, and effectual signs of grace, and God's good will towards us, by the which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also strengthen and confirm our Faith in him.
Page 362 - Parliament, that all barons and substantial freeholders throughout the realm should send their children to school from the age of six to nine years, and then to other seminaries to be instructed in the laws; that the country might be possessed of persons properly qualified to discharge the duties of sheriffs, and to fill other civil offices.
Page 44 - Predestination to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Page 28 - Positive philosophy maintains that, within the existing order of the Universe, or rather of the part of it known to us, the direct determining cause of every phenomenon is not supernatural but natural. It is compatible with this to believe that the universe was created and even that it is continuously governed by an Intelligence, provided we admit that the intelligent Governor adheres to fixed laws, which are only modified or counteracted by other laws of the same dispensation, and are never either...
Page 214 - A recognizance is an obligation of record, which a man enters into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized)', with condition to do some particular act; as to appear at the assizes, to keep the peace, to pay a debt, or the like.
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Page 96 - Indeed, by the statute 31 Hen. VIII. c. 8, it was enacted, that the king's proclamations should have the force of acts of parliament; a statute which was calculated to introduce the most despotic tyranny, and which must have proved fatal to the liberties of this kingdom, had it not been luckily repealed in the minority of his successor, about five years after (e).
Page 113 - Four quantities are said to be proportional when thejatio of the first to the second is the same as the ratio of the third to the fourth.