THE MONTHLY REVIEW1771 |
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... experiments have fet all the children of our village to work . Were you here , Sir , you might have the pleasure of seeing how indefatigable they are in pursuit of your favourite infect , the fnail . - If ever I go out of my houfe , I ...
... experiments have fet all the children of our village to work . Were you here , Sir , you might have the pleasure of seeing how indefatigable they are in pursuit of your favourite infect , the fnail . - If ever I go out of my houfe , I ...
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... Experiments , tending to explain and deduce from Principles , fome of the most common Appearances in Nature . With an Appendix on the Form and Use of the princi pal Veffels containing the Subjects on which the Effects of Heat and ...
... Experiments , tending to explain and deduce from Principles , fome of the most common Appearances in Nature . With an Appendix on the Form and Use of the princi pal Veffels containing the Subjects on which the Effects of Heat and ...
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... experiment is decifive upon this fub- ject . Into a veffel was put fome water cooled nearly to the freezing point ; into another a quantity of ice : by a thermo- meter the change made upon the water during the first half- hour , by the ...
... experiment is decifive upon this fub- ject . Into a veffel was put fome water cooled nearly to the freezing point ; into another a quantity of ice : by a thermo- meter the change made upon the water during the first half- hour , by the ...
Page 157
... experiment , a quantity of warm water being poured upon ice , that fubftance , in a manner , inftan- taneously melts , without repelling , in the smallest degree , the heat that is thus forced into it . By the theory of latent heat are ...
... experiment , a quantity of warm water being poured upon ice , that fubftance , in a manner , inftan- taneously melts , without repelling , in the smallest degree , the heat that is thus forced into it . By the theory of latent heat are ...
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... experiments are equally decifive upon this fubject : A very large quantity of water being put into Papin's digefter ... experiment , I was deceived ; for , though , upon removing the preffure , a quantity of fteam burft out of the vessel ...
... experiments are equally decifive upon this fubject : A very large quantity of water being put into Papin's digefter ... experiment , I was deceived ; for , though , upon removing the preffure , a quantity of fteam burft out of the vessel ...
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Page 294 - And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
Page 374 - It is not in the Hercules, nor in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo ; but in that form which is taken from all, and which partakes equally of the activity of the Gladiator, of the delicacy of the Apollo, and of the muscular strength of the Hercules.
Page 268 - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
Page 190 - ... policy. Sad experience and a large mind taught that great man, the President De Thou, this doctrine. Let any man read the many admirable things which, though a Papist, he hath...
Page 265 - Supremely blest, if to their portion fall Health, competence, and peace. Nor higher aim Had he whose simple tale these artless lines proclaim.
Page 329 - Of style and sentiment they take no cognizance. They admire him for virtues like their own, for contempt of order and violence of outrage, for rage of defamation and audacity of falsehood.
Page 313 - From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Page 372 - Phidias (the favourite artist of antiquity), to illustrate their assertions. As if they could not sufficiently express their admiration of his genius by what they knew, they have recourse to poetical enthusiasm. They call it inspiration ; a gift from heaven. The...
Page 338 - The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants: it is always unknown ; it is different in different men; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion to which human nature is liable.
Page 265 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown...