The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Deel 2,Volume 5Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Pagina 385
... action on the nerves of the tongue . 292. Compound Galvanic Circles , or Galvanic Batteries . - The principle of these is the multi- plication of simple ones . Thus if , between a plate of zinc and of silver , a piece of moistened cloth ...
... action on the nerves of the tongue . 292. Compound Galvanic Circles , or Galvanic Batteries . - The principle of these is the multi- plication of simple ones . Thus if , between a plate of zinc and of silver , a piece of moistened cloth ...
Pagina 386
... action upon one of the metals . Pure water , entirely deprived of air , appears to be inefficient . In general , indeed , the galvanic effect is within certain limits proportioned to the rapidity with which the more oxidable metal is ...
... action upon one of the metals . Pure water , entirely deprived of air , appears to be inefficient . In general , indeed , the galvanic effect is within certain limits proportioned to the rapidity with which the more oxidable metal is ...
Pagina 388
... action generally , than dependent , as Lavoisier conceived , upon a particular principle or form of matter . It will be inferred from what has been advanced above , that all bodies acting powerfully upon each other are in the opposite ...
... action generally , than dependent , as Lavoisier conceived , upon a particular principle or form of matter . It will be inferred from what has been advanced above , that all bodies acting powerfully upon each other are in the opposite ...
Pagina 390
... action of chlorine upon iodine , iodine ab- sorbing less than one - third of its weight of chlo- rine ; the union produces crystals of a deep orange color . Gay Lussac states indeed that two compounds are the result of this combination ...
... action of chlorine upon iodine , iodine ab- sorbing less than one - third of its weight of chlo- rine ; the union produces crystals of a deep orange color . Gay Lussac states indeed that two compounds are the result of this combination ...
Pagina 391
... action of dilute sulphuric acid upon iron filings or upon zinc . The gas will escape , and may be collected in the usual manner . Mr. Do- novan has proposed , in order to purify the gas from admixture with sulphuretted hydrogen and ...
... action of dilute sulphuric acid upon iron filings or upon zinc . The gas will escape , and may be collected in the usual manner . Mr. Do- novan has proposed , in order to purify the gas from admixture with sulphuretted hydrogen and ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 646 - Know therefore and Understand, that from the going forth of the commandment, to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks.
Pagina 646 - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Pagina 547 - For life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it.
Pagina 646 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Pagina 614 - The wild exploits of those romantic knights who sallied forth in quest of adventures, are well known, and have been treated with proper ridicule. The political and permanent effects of the spirit of chivalry have been less observed.
Pagina 614 - ... points. The admiration of these qualities, together with the high distinctions and prerogatives conferred on knighthood in every part of Europe, inspired persons of noble birth, on some occasions, with a species of military fanaticism, and led them to extravagant enterprises. But they deeply imprinted on their minds the principles of generosity and honour.
Pagina 547 - ... and It is therefore best that these rules should be observed; as the game...
Pagina 706 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Pagina 646 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Pagina 728 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.