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... miles ; and where it joins the Madeira , which is in the middle of that course , it is six miles in breadth . The other great rivers follow this in nearly the following graduation : 1. Senegal , 2. Nile , 3. St. Lawrence , 10. Amar , 11 ...
... miles ; and where it joins the Madeira , which is in the middle of that course , it is six miles in breadth . The other great rivers follow this in nearly the following graduation : 1. Senegal , 2. Nile , 3. St. Lawrence , 10. Amar , 11 ...
Page 171
... miles , dis- charges itself into the Caspian Sea , by more than seventy mouths : the Don , or Tanais ; the Nieper , and Niester . The inland navigation of Russia , is very extensive ; goods may be conveyed by water from Petersburg to ...
... miles , dis- charges itself into the Caspian Sea , by more than seventy mouths : the Don , or Tanais ; the Nieper , and Niester . The inland navigation of Russia , is very extensive ; goods may be conveyed by water from Petersburg to ...
Page 178
... miles from the ocean , these fishes will overcome difficulties of surprizing extent , stemming the most rushing currents , and leaping with astonishing activity over various eleva- tions . It is related , that the same individual fishes ...
... miles from the ocean , these fishes will overcome difficulties of surprizing extent , stemming the most rushing currents , and leaping with astonishing activity over various eleva- tions . It is related , that the same individual fishes ...
Page 181
... miles from the coast ? SALT - petre . See NITRE . SALUTE , in military discipline , a testimony or act of respect performed in different ways , ac- cording to circumstances . In the army , the of- ficers salute by dropping the point of ...
... miles from the coast ? SALT - petre . See NITRE . SALUTE , in military discipline , a testimony or act of respect performed in different ways , ac- cording to circumstances . In the army , the of- ficers salute by dropping the point of ...
Page 184
... miles per minute , or 200,000 miles per second , for the velocity of light . A discovery that was first made by M. Roemer . The third and greatest advantage derived from the eclipses of the satellites , is the knowledge of the ...
... miles per minute , or 200,000 miles per second , for the velocity of light . A discovery that was first made by M. Roemer . The third and greatest advantage derived from the eclipses of the satellites , is the knowledge of the ...
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Page 40 - By this way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients; and from motions to the forces producing them; and in general, from effects to their causes; and from particular causes to more general ones, till the argument end in the most general.
Page 395 - Matthew then, among the Jews, wrote a gospel in their own language, while Peter and Paul were preaching the gospel at Rome, and founding a church there.
Page 40 - As in mathematics, so in natural philosophy, the investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis, ought ever to precede the method of composition. This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing general conclusions from them by induction, and admitting of no objections against the conclusions, but such as are taken from experiments, or other certain truths. For hypotheses are not to be regarded in experimental philosophy.
Page 394 - 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 239 - The surface of a sphere is equal to four times the area of a circle...
Page 40 - And although the arguing from experiments and observations by induction be no demonstration of general conclusions, yet it is the best way of arguing which the nature of things admits of, and may be looked upon as so much the stronger, by how much the induction is more general.
Page 149 - 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 205 - 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 35 - ... connected together in the fancy, that the idea of the one seems, of its own accord, to call up and introduce that of the other. If the objects are still observed to succeed each other as before, this connection, or, as it has been called, this association of...
Page 112 - 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.