The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 9J. Limbird, 1827 Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc. |
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Page 12
... attended to , it puts the clock out of order . A contrivance is also made on the principle of the air- tight carriage axles to prevent the pivots of the hammer from rust , which , from their necessary exposure to the atmos- phere , they ...
... attended to , it puts the clock out of order . A contrivance is also made on the principle of the air- tight carriage axles to prevent the pivots of the hammer from rust , which , from their necessary exposure to the atmos- phere , they ...
Page 21
... attended with emis- sion of heat , and it is also observed that water loses in weight by being frozen : it evaporates very nearly as fast when frozen as in a fluid state . * Water when exposed to an atmosphere colder than itself ...
... attended with emis- sion of heat , and it is also observed that water loses in weight by being frozen : it evaporates very nearly as fast when frozen as in a fluid state . * Water when exposed to an atmosphere colder than itself ...
Page 22
... attended with success , that when he offered the sale of it to the pub- lisher of the Monthly Review , that bookseller refused the offer , replying that " he would not give up a certainty for an uncertainty . " But so uncertain are all ...
... attended with success , that when he offered the sale of it to the pub- lisher of the Monthly Review , that bookseller refused the offer , replying that " he would not give up a certainty for an uncertainty . " But so uncertain are all ...
Page 34
... attended the funeral solemnities , with their arms and shields turned upside down . The mournings of the eastern nations of Indians are much more closely fol- lowed , though of much shorter duration than ours . After the death of a near ...
... attended the funeral solemnities , with their arms and shields turned upside down . The mournings of the eastern nations of Indians are much more closely fol- lowed , though of much shorter duration than ours . After the death of a near ...
Page 36
... attended to in painting a portrait ; namely , air , colour , and attitude . Air presents the lines of the face , the drapery , the head - dress , & c . The face principally depends upon the correctness of its drawing , and the nice ...
... attended to in painting a portrait ; namely , air , colour , and attitude . Air presents the lines of the face , the drapery , the head - dress , & c . The face principally depends upon the correctness of its drawing , and the nice ...
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