 | Erasmus Darwin - Botany - 1798 - 472 pages
...the weight above ; Stroke follows ftroke, the gelid vapour falls, And mifty dew-drops dim the cryftal walls; Rare and more rare expands the fluid thin, And Silence dwells with Vacancy within. — 140 So in the mighty Void with grim delight Primeval Silence reign'd with ancient Night. 2. " Sylphs!... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Astronomy - 1815 - 680 pages
...the general operations of the air-pump, by Dr. Darwin. L How, as in brazen pumps the pistons more, The membrane valve sustains the weight above. Stroke...fluid thin. And silence dwells with vacancy within, B°TAKIC GAIDEN' The last line alludes to a fact hereafter to be explained,* namely, that where there... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1815 - 282 pages
...Chemistry. The fact is described, as well as the general operation of the air-pump, by Dr. Darwin : — How, as in brazen pumps the pistons move. The membrane valve sustains the weight aboye. Stroke follows stroke, the gelid vapour falls, And misty dew-drops dim the crystal walls; Rare... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1815 - 446 pages
...as the general operations of the air-pump, by Dr. Darwin. y, at in brazen pumps the pistons mo-re, The membrane valve sustains the weight above, Stroke follows stroke, the gelid vapour fills, And misty dew-drops dim the crystal walls ; Kare and more rare expands the fluid thin, And silence... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - Botany - 1824 - 246 pages
...lake below, Weigh the long column of the incumbent skies, And with the changeful moment fall and rise. —How, as in brazen pumps the pistons move, The membrane-...fluid thin, And silence dwells with vacancy within.— 140 So. hi the mighty void with grim delight /''Primeval silence reign'd with ancient night. 2. " Sylphs... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Architecture - 1825 - 324 pages
...fall or rise — " she now knew described the barometer, and the succeeding lines the air pump : " How, as in brazen pumps the pistons move, The membrane...the gelid vapour falls, And misty dew-drops dim the chrystal walls ; Rare and more rare expands the fluid thin, And silence dwells with vacancy within."... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - Botany - 1825 - 420 pages
...lake below, Weigh the long column of the incumbent skies, And with the changeful moment fall and rise. —How, as in brazen pumps the pistons move, The membrane-...weight above ; Stroke follows stroke, the gelid vapour foils, And misty dew-drops dim the crystal walls ; Rare and more rare expands the fluid thin, And silence... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Didactic fiction - 1825 - 662 pages
...the barometer, and the succeeding lines the air pump : " How, as in brazen pumps the pistons more, The membrane valve sustains the weight above ; Stroke...the gelid vapour falls, And misty dew-drops dim the chrystal walls ; Rare and more rare expands the fluid thin, And silence dwells with vacancy within."... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Didactic fiction - 1827 - 314 pages
...weight above ; Stroke follows stroke, the gelid vapour falls, And misty dew-drops dim the chrystal -walls ; Rare and more rare expands the fluid thin,...vapour" and "misty dew-drops," and objected, " I do not understand about misty dew-drops on the chrystal walls. I did not perceive any vapour on the glass... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Didactic literature, English - 1827 - 316 pages
...fall or rise — " she now knew described the barometer, and the succeeding lines the air pump : " How, as in brazen pumps the pistons move, The membrane...the gelid vapour falls, And misty dew-drops dim the chrystal walls ; Rare and more rare expands the fluid thin, And silence dwells with vacancy within."... | |
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How, as in brazen pumps the pistons move, The membrane valve sustains the weight above; Stroke follows stroke, the gelid vapour falls, And misty dew-drops dim the crystal walls ; Rare and more rare expands the fluid thin, And silence dwells with vacancy... 
