The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge |
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... vibration , stroke , or effect of the preceding tide . If the Moon were to be destroyed , and not to re - produce the effect on the following day , the vibration of the waters would proba- bly continue for many days , till it gradually ...
... vibration , stroke , or effect of the preceding tide . If the Moon were to be destroyed , and not to re - produce the effect on the following day , the vibration of the waters would proba- bly continue for many days , till it gradually ...
Page 200
... vibration of the parts of solid and non - elastic bodies , and light , as the effect of the vibrations of the elastic medium which fills the universe ; and the ex- pansion of which same medium , produces also the phe- nomena of ...
... vibration of the parts of solid and non - elastic bodies , and light , as the effect of the vibrations of the elastic medium which fills the universe ; and the ex- pansion of which same medium , produces also the phe- nomena of ...
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... vibrating se- conds at London , is 394 inches . The English yard is 36 inches ; the mile 1760 yards ; and a degree of the earth's surface , 69 miles nearly . The French metre is the 10 millionth of the • distance from the equator to the ...
... vibrating se- conds at London , is 394 inches . The English yard is 36 inches ; the mile 1760 yards ; and a degree of the earth's surface , 69 miles nearly . The French metre is the 10 millionth of the • distance from the equator to the ...
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... reflection . 563. By observing the regular eclipses of Jupi- ter's moons in different parts of the earth's orbit , it is found , that rays , or vibrations of light , travel X twelve millions of miles in a minute ; yet they OPTICS . 235.
... reflection . 563. By observing the regular eclipses of Jupi- ter's moons in different parts of the earth's orbit , it is found , that rays , or vibrations of light , travel X twelve millions of miles in a minute ; yet they OPTICS . 235.
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... vibration , and is produced by diverging waves of the air . This is evident , from the vibration of stringed instru- ments ; and from the effect on water in musical glasses . Sound , like heat , appears to depend on the reflection of ...
... vibration , and is produced by diverging waves of the air . This is evident , from the vibration of stringed instru- ments ; and from the effect on water in musical glasses . Sound , like heat , appears to depend on the reflection of ...
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Page 116 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Page 265 - Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air.
Page 180 - To view the structure of this little work, A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without. No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finish'd ! What nice hand, With ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years apprenticeship to boot, Could make me such another?
Page 41 - That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction, are illegal and void. 13. And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the laws, parliament ought to be held frequently.
Page 104 - Horrid with frost, and turbulent with storm, Blows autumn, and his golden fruits away : Then melts into the spring: soft spring, with breath Favonian, from warm chambers of the south, Recalls the first. All, to re-flourish, fades ; As in a wheel, all sinks, to re-ascend. Emblems of man, who passes, not expires.
Page 167 - See through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth! Above, how high progressive life may go ! Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being! which from God began; Natures...
Page 40 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Page 193 - Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives and what denies ? VII. Far as creation's ample range extends, The scale of sensual, mental powers ascends : Mark how it mounts to man's imperial race, From the green myriads in the peopled grass ! What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme!
Page 42 - Political liberty consists in the power of doing whatever does not injure another. The exercise of the natural rights of every man, has no other limits than those which are necessary to secure to every other man the free exercise of the same rights ; and these limits are determinable only by the law.