The Technologist. Ed. by P.L. Simmonds, Volume 4Peter Lund Simmonds 1864 |
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Pagina 442 - remember, is thus described :—" Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens : and he saw that rest was good and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
Pagina 499 - it might be called, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either.
Pagina 225 - olive in the western world followed the progress of peace of which it was considered the symbol. Two centuries after the foundation of Rome, both Italy and Africa were strangers to that useful plant: it was naturalized in those countries, and at length carried into the heart of Spain and Gaul.
Pagina 305 - I'll tell you who time ambles withal, who time trots withal, who time gallops withal, and who he stands still withal.
Pagina 27 - a special mineralisation, producing a bituminous matter instead of coal or lignite. This operation is not attributable to heat, nor of the nature of a distillation, but is due to chemical reactions at the ordinary temperature and under the normal conditions of
Pagina 260 - The seed at first contains a clear insipid fluid, with which travellers allay their thirst; afterwards this same liquor becomes milky and sweet, and it changes its taste by degrees as it acquires solidity, until at last it is almost as hard as ivory. The liquor contained in the young fruit turns acid if they are cut from
Pagina 225 - of Rome, both Italy and Africa were strangers to that useful plant: it was naturalized in those countries, and at length carried into the heart of Spain and Gaul. Its usefulness, the little culture it requires, and the otherwise barren situations which it renders productive, quickly spread it over the western face of the
Pagina 35 - in tubs, having convex open wicker bottoms, placed over cauldrons of boiling water. When thoroughly heated, they are reduced to a mash in the mortar, and thence transferred to bamboo sieves, kept at a uniform temperature over hot ashes. A single operation does not suffice to deprive them of
Pagina 437 - sumptuously the questions," What shall we eat ?" and " What shall we drink ?" and " Wherewithal shall we be clothed ?
Pagina 36 - answers well for lamps, though inferior for this purpose to some other vegetable oils in use. It is also employed for various purposes in the arts, and has a place in the Chinese ' Pharmacopoeia,' because of its quality of changing grey hair black, and other imaginary virtues. The husk which