Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 16
... thirteen miles in a minute : the softest whisper travels as fast as the most tremendous thunder . The knowledge of this fact has been applied to the measurement of dis- tances , 1 Suppose a ship in distress fire a gun , the 16 ACOUSTICS.
... thirteen miles in a minute : the softest whisper travels as fast as the most tremendous thunder . The knowledge of this fact has been applied to the measurement of dis- tances , 1 Suppose a ship in distress fire a gun , the 16 ACOUSTICS.
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... applied to a star or planet , when it is opposite to the sun . It is from the Greek , signifying the point or extremity of night , because the star rose at sun set , or the beginning of night , and set at sun - rise , or the end of ...
... applied to a star or planet , when it is opposite to the sun . It is from the Greek , signifying the point or extremity of night , because the star rose at sun set , or the beginning of night , and set at sun - rise , or the end of ...
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... applied to a person who ascends with an air - balloon . AEROSTATION , aerial navigation , or the art of passing through the atmosphere in a buoyant state . Hence , also , the machines which are employed for this purpose are called ...
... applied to a person who ascends with an air - balloon . AEROSTATION , aerial navigation , or the art of passing through the atmosphere in a buoyant state . Hence , also , the machines which are employed for this purpose are called ...
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... applied in courtesy , to a gentleman or wealthy landholder ; or on account of post or rank , as to the commander in chief of the janissaries . The title Aga is known in other Mahometan countries . The chief officers under the khan of ...
... applied in courtesy , to a gentleman or wealthy landholder ; or on account of post or rank , as to the commander in chief of the janissaries . The title Aga is known in other Mahometan countries . The chief officers under the khan of ...
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... applied to young volunteers , who at- tached themselves to general officers , to carry their orders wherever necessary , and principally during battle . The merit of an aid - de - camp consists in apprehending , with the utmost ...
... applied to young volunteers , who at- tached themselves to general officers , to carry their orders wherever necessary , and principally during battle . The merit of an aid - de - camp consists in apprehending , with the utmost ...
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Popular passages
Page 51 - Zodiac are Aries : Taurus : Gemini : Cancer : Leo : Virgo : Libra : Scorpio : Sagittarius...
Page 116 - PRINTER to learn his Art and with him after the Manner of an Apprentice to serve...
Page 123 - We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God.
Page 164 - His lordship thought also in this present fable to have composed a frame of laws, or of the best state or mould of a commonwealth ; but foreseeing it would be a long work, his desire of collecting the natural history diverted him, which he preferred many degrees before it.
Page 111 - God, (r) or should assert or maintain there are more gods than one, or should deny the Christian religion to be true, or the Holy Scriptures to be of divine authority...
Page 359 - And, lastly, (which alone would have merited the title that it bears, of the great charter,) it protected every individual of the nation in the free enjoyment of his life, his liberty, and his property, unless declared to be forfeited by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 339 - On this glass was depicted, in chiaroscuro, a string of several thousands of pilasters, all equal in altitude, distance, and degree of light and shade. In a moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades .like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, and, at last, ended in pines, cypresses, and other trees, even and similar. This was...
Page 124 - That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch ; Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post.
Page 51 - The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, And next the crab the lion shines, The virgin and the scales, The scorpion, archer, and sea-goat, The man that holds the watering-pot, And fish with glittering tails.
Page 428 - ... 3. In most places he had a power of devising lands by will, before the statute for that purpose was made. 4. The lands descend not to the eldest, youngest, or any one son only, but to all the sons together; which was indeed anciently the most usual course of descent all over England, though in particular places particular customs prevailed.