Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volume 4Edward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... fixed point , by the force of gravity . The vibrations of a pendulum are called its oscillations . From the precision of its motions , it is employed in measuring time and space . The distance of a ship , from which a gun is fired , may ...
... fixed point , by the force of gravity . The vibrations of a pendulum are called its oscillations . From the precision of its motions , it is employed in measuring time and space . The distance of a ship , from which a gun is fired , may ...
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... fixed , correct such parts as require it by the laws of perspective . Perspective in a practical sense is the art of drawing , according to the principles of geometry , the true representations of real objects . Suppose we view a point ...
... fixed , correct such parts as require it by the laws of perspective . Perspective in a practical sense is the art of drawing , according to the principles of geometry , the true representations of real objects . Suppose we view a point ...
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... fixed perpendicularly upon the ground O P , be- tween the spectator N E and the object RS TV ; and it will be evident , that the rays RE , SE , TE , and V E , will be cut by the transparent plane A K in the points r , s , t , v ; which ...
... fixed perpendicularly upon the ground O P , be- tween the spectator N E and the object RS TV ; and it will be evident , that the rays RE , SE , TE , and V E , will be cut by the transparent plane A K in the points r , s , t , v ; which ...
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... fixed between the eye and the said horizon ; then the section HL , which the picture makes with the parallel plane GD g d , will be the indefinite representation of the horizontal line upon the picture ; because the rays of light , g E ...
... fixed between the eye and the said horizon ; then the section HL , which the picture makes with the parallel plane GD g d , will be the indefinite representation of the horizontal line upon the picture ; because the rays of light , g E ...
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... fixed by tra- dition . The first , we are told , was in the reign of Sesostris ; the second in that of Amasis ; and in the period when Ptolemy , the third of the Mace- donian race , was seated on the throne of Egypt , another phoenix ...
... fixed by tra- dition . The first , we are told , was in the reign of Sesostris ; the second in that of Amasis ; and in the period when Ptolemy , the third of the Mace- donian race , was seated on the throne of Egypt , another phoenix ...
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Page 412 - Among these were reckoned the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; the Acts of the Apostles; the Epistles of the apostle Paul...
Page 157 - When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the whole; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus; the singular...
Page 213 - He is likewise to decide the elections of knights of the shire, (subject to the control of the house of commons,) of coroners, and of verderors ; to judge of the qualification of voters, and to return such as he shall determine to be duly elected.
Page 202 - ... A man on a journey far from home falls from his horse ; another, who is perhaps at work about the house sees him bleeding on the ground, commonly with a landscape of the place where the accident befalls him. Another seer, driving...
Page 214 - In the commencement of civil causes, he is to serve the writ, to arrest, and to take bail ; when the cause comes to trial, he must summon and return the jury ; when it is determined, he must see the judgment of the court carried into execution. In criminal matters, he also arrests and imprisons, he returns the jury, he has the custody of the delinquent, and he executes the sentence of the court, though it extend to death itself.
Page 95 - In calm weather when the air is inclined to rain, the mercury is commonly low.
Page 118 - Hottoman to be a rescript, or answer of the sovereign, delivered, by advice of his council, to some college, order, or body of people, upon consulting him on some case of their community. The like answer, given to any particular person, is called simply rescript.
Page 70 - As soon as they are cold, they are distributed to children, who sit with anvils and hammers before them, which they work with their feet by means of a lathe, and taking up one of the lengths, they thrust the blunt end into a quantity of the heads...
Page 384 - God in a manner peculiar to himself; as the mean of spreading divine and saving knowledge to all the world of mankind ; as, under God, the head of all things to his church ; and, as the Lord of life, having power and authority from God to raise the dead, and judge the world at the last day. They suppose that...
Page 299 - It is very probable that the great stratum called the milky way, is that in which the sun is placed, though perhaps not in the very centre of its thickness.