The Popular Educator, Volume 5John Cassell, 1856 |
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... upon . Oil of vitriol , for example , is exceedingly difficult to be distilled in glass vessels . Its boiling point is high and its vapour is evolved in Fig . 141 . system of notation , every measure. 4 THE POPULAR EDUCATOR.
... upon . Oil of vitriol , for example , is exceedingly difficult to be distilled in glass vessels . Its boiling point is high and its vapour is evolved in Fig . 141 . system of notation , every measure. 4 THE POPULAR EDUCATOR.
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... vessel being half- Care must also be taken that at the moment of sealing the tube , the bulb D must be heated so that the mercury will expand and rise to the top of the tube . Thus no air will be left in the thermometer ; for , were any ...
... vessel being half- Care must also be taken that at the moment of sealing the tube , the bulb D must be heated so that the mercury will expand and rise to the top of the tube . Thus no air will be left in the thermometer ; for , were any ...
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... vessel . It stem , and then multiply the remainder by ; thus , 95 ° Fah- is sufficient , when the pressure of the ... vessels , 36 THE POPULAR EDUCATOR .
... vessel . It stem , and then multiply the remainder by ; thus , 95 ° Fah- is sufficient , when the pressure of the ... vessels , 36 THE POPULAR EDUCATOR .
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... vessel to the action of the air . Under these circumstances carbonic acid will be absorbed from the air , and the lead will be rapidly dissolved- a circumstance not alone demonstrable by testing , but by the easily recognised corrosion ...
... vessel to the action of the air . Under these circumstances carbonic acid will be absorbed from the air , and the lead will be rapidly dissolved- a circumstance not alone demonstrable by testing , but by the easily recognised corrosion ...
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... vessel made of tin and filled successively with water at the temperatures of 30 ° , 20 ° , and 10 ° , on the Centigrade thermo- meter . In this case it is found that , at the same distance , the thermometer indicates temperatures which ...
... vessel made of tin and filled successively with water at the temperatures of 30 ° , 20 ° , and 10 ° , on the Centigrade thermo- meter . In this case it is found that , at the same distance , the thermometer indicates temperatures which ...
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Page 120 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 30 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up...
Page 262 - In its sublime research, philosophy May measure out the ocean deep, may count The sands or the sun's rays : but, God, for thee There is no weight nor measure ; none can mount Up to thy mysteries. Reason's brightest spark, Though kindled by thy light, in vain would try To trace thy counsels, infinite and dark ; And thought is lost ere thought can soar so high, Even like past moments in eternity.
Page 182 - Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners.
Page 182 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates, the superiority must with some hesitation be allowed to Dryden.
Page 262 - A million torches lighted by thy hand Wander unwearied through the blue abyss : They own thy power, accomplish thy command. All gay with life, all eloquent with bliss What shall we call them? Piles of crystal light— A glorious company of golden streams — Lamps of celestial ether, burning bright — Suns lighting systems with their joyous beams ? But thou to these art as the noon to night.
Page 118 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul ; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres ; Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end Like quills upon the fretful porcupine...
Page 182 - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more : for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
Page 182 - For this reason he kept his pieces very long in his hands, while he considered and reconsidered them. The only poems which can be supposed to have been written with such regard to the times as might hasten their publication, were the two satires of ' Thirty- eight ; ' of which Dodsley told me, that they were brought to him by the author, that they might be fairly copied.