Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers, Metallurgists, Mine Proprietors, Engineers, Shipbuilders, Scientists, Capitalists ..., Volume 13Perry Fairfax Nursey Knight and Lacey, 1830 - Industrial arts |
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... sufficient to complete as extensive and varied a course of study as can be pursued from entering to leaving college . With this one hour at his command , each man has the principle of freedom in his own bosom ; and will be a nobleman ...
... sufficient to complete as extensive and varied a course of study as can be pursued from entering to leaving college . With this one hour at his command , each man has the principle of freedom in his own bosom ; and will be a nobleman ...
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... sufficient to heat them to such a degree as to cause them to crack , should water by any means be thrown upon them . This is indeed surprising , as I am convinced that he must be well ac- quainted with the heat that is pro- duced by a ...
... sufficient to heat them to such a degree as to cause them to crack , should water by any means be thrown upon them . This is indeed surprising , as I am convinced that he must be well ac- quainted with the heat that is pro- duced by a ...
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... sufficient to maintain a definite velocity in a body ( either subject to friction or not ) is insufficient , without the aid of extra power , to procure that velocity ; and that whether that velocity be or be not attained , it is not a ...
... sufficient to maintain a definite velocity in a body ( either subject to friction or not ) is insufficient , without the aid of extra power , to procure that velocity ; and that whether that velocity be or be not attained , it is not a ...
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... sufficient for the ends of the centering to rest on . There was , besides , part of • Form of Arch . Semicircle , springing from 2 feet above low - water . Segment , versed sine 23 feet . The the old pier left standing to support that ...
... sufficient for the ends of the centering to rest on . There was , besides , part of • Form of Arch . Semicircle , springing from 2 feet above low - water . Segment , versed sine 23 feet . The the old pier left standing to support that ...
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... sufficient to stimu- late us to repair , ventilate , and cleanse , from time to time , those wretched abodes of the poor . And we have reason to suppose , that besides the public advantages as to health which such a measure would ...
... sufficient to stimu- late us to repair , ventilate , and cleanse , from time to time , those wretched abodes of the poor . And we have reason to suppose , that besides the public advantages as to health which such a measure would ...
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Page 319 - Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind : But more...
Page 224 - Jews as a cruel and accursed people. Cromwell, in his answer to the clergy, called them ' Men of God,' and desired to be informed by them whether it was not their opinion that the Jews were to be called, in the fulness of time, into the Church.
Page 250 - What is the side of a square whose area is equal to that of a circle 452 feet in diameter ? Ans. ^(452)
Page 424 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Page 16 - ... depth of three or four inches of water at the bottom, and a small ladder reaching to the top of the jar. On the approach of dry weather the frogs mount the ladder, but when wet weather is expected, they descend into the water.
Page 224 - The rich man is invisible In the crowd of his gay society; But the poor man's delight Is a sore in the sight, And a stench in the nose of piety.
Page 438 - ... this locality. We may suppose, that, at the commencement of the eruption, a deep mass of drift snow had been covered by volcanic sand showered down upon it before the descent of the lava. A dense stratum of this fine dust mixed with scoriae is...
Page 437 - Having procured a large body of workmen, he quarried into this ice, and proved the superposition of the lava for several hundred yards, so as completely to satisfy himself that nothing but the subsequent flowing of the lava over the ice could account for the position of the glacier.
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