The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volume 3Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) 1839 |
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... proportion to the bulk of the piece . Its trail consists of a pro- longation of the cascabale , which rests on the ... proportions were given by various nations to pieces of the same denomination ; but the following table of Ord- nance ...
... proportion to the bulk of the piece . Its trail consists of a pro- longation of the cascabale , which rests on the ... proportions were given by various nations to pieces of the same denomination ; but the following table of Ord- nance ...
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... proportion of artillery to be sent upon any expedition , as it must depend entirely upon the nature of the service ; and great changes are generally made to suit the ideas of the officer who is to command the army , and also those of ...
... proportion of artillery to be sent upon any expedition , as it must depend entirely upon the nature of the service ; and great changes are generally made to suit the ideas of the officer who is to command the army , and also those of ...
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... proportion and disposition of the ammunition attached to the field - pieces of our army . TABLE I. HEAVY 5 INCH HOWITZER . Case Shot . Cartridges . Where carried . Round Shot . Heavy . Light , Spherical . Total Shot . 2 - lb . 10 ozs ...
... proportion and disposition of the ammunition attached to the field - pieces of our army . TABLE I. HEAVY 5 INCH HOWITZER . Case Shot . Cartridges . Where carried . Round Shot . Heavy . Light , Spherical . Total Shot . 2 - lb . 10 ozs ...
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... proportion of alumina , lime , and iron . It is a greenish brittle substance , unctu- ous to the touch , and somewhat elastic . Its fibres exposed to the violent heat of the blow- pipe , exhibit slight indications of fusion ; though the ...
... proportion of alumina , lime , and iron . It is a greenish brittle substance , unctu- ous to the touch , and somewhat elastic . Its fibres exposed to the violent heat of the blow- pipe , exhibit slight indications of fusion ; though the ...
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... proportion to its body , and of a pointed shape . It has no teeth , but its jaws are sharp to the touch . It is of a dark red color , with large black spots . It is good to eat , and 3 esteemed aperitive . ASPERA ARTERIA , in anatomy ...
... proportion to its body , and of a pointed shape . It has no teeth , but its jaws are sharp to the touch . It is of a dark red color , with large black spots . It is good to eat , and 3 esteemed aperitive . ASPERA ARTERIA , in anatomy ...
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Page 219 - Attila, the son of Mundzuk, deduced his noble, perhaps his regal, descent from the ancient Huns, who had formerly contended with the monarchs of China. His features, according to the observation of a Gothic historian, bore the stamp of his national origin; and the portrait of Attila exhibits the genuine deformity of a modern Calmuk...
Page 40 - We heard this with surprise, but as it was not to be accounted for from now common principles, we could hardly believe the fact as he related it, much less give any account of it, unless he should please to make the experiment before us, which we were unwilling he should do, lest in his weak condition he might carry it too far.
Page 50 - In case of an act of grace, which originally proceeds from the crown, and has the royal assent in the first stage of it, the clerk of the parliament thus pronounces the gratitude of the subject...
Page 40 - He told us he had sent for us to give him some account of an odd sensation he had for some time observed and felt in himself, which was that, composing himself, he could die or expire when he pleased, and yet by an effort or somehow, he could come to life again; which it seems he had sometimes tried before he had sent for us.
Page 5 - In ancient times the opulent and civilised found it difficult to defend themselves against the poor and barbarous nations. In modern times the poor and barbarous find it difficult to defend themselves against the opulent and civilised.
Page 49 - The royal assent may be given two ways: 1. In person; when the king comes to the house of peers, in his crown and royal robes, and sending for the commons to the bar, the titles of all the bills that have passed both houses are read; and the king's answer is declared by the clerk of the parliament in Norman-French...
Page 193 - ... ranged themselves into that delicate order in which we see them now so close compacted that it must be a very great chance that parts them again. What would the world think of a man that should advance such an opinion as this, and write a book for it ? If they would do him right, they ought to look upon him as mad...
Page 478 - ... and. how and to whom, upon what consideration, and when, he disposed of, assigned, or transferred any of such...
Page 193 - How often might a man, after he had jumbled a set of letters in a bag, fling them out upon the ground before they would fall into an exact poem ; yea, or so much as make a good discourse in prose ? And may not a little book be as easily made by chance, as this great volume of the world?
Page 193 - I appeal to any man of reason whether anything can be more unreasonable than obstinately to impute an • effect to chance, which carries in the very face of it all the arguments and characters of a wise design and contrivance. Was ever any considerable work, in which there was required a great variety of parts, and a regular and orderly disposition of those parts, done by chance? Will chance fit means to ends, and that in ten thousand instances, and not fail in any one? How often might a...