Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest: Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of the Popular Toys and Sports ... |
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... piece of machi- nery , by which works could be composed by a mechanical operation ; and the Quarterly Re- view has asserted , that a certain English poem was fabricated in Paris , by the powers of a steam- engine ; but the author of the ...
... piece of machi- nery , by which works could be composed by a mechanical operation ; and the Quarterly Re- view has asserted , that a certain English poem was fabricated in Paris , by the powers of a steam- engine ; but the author of the ...
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... will , at once , exemplify this fact by an experiment . " Tom was accordingly directed to procure a piece of stick and a candle ; and as soon as they were brought into the room , Mr. Seymour ignited the end of the stick , and whirled it 13.
... will , at once , exemplify this fact by an experiment . " Tom was accordingly directed to procure a piece of stick and a candle ; and as soon as they were brought into the room , Mr. Seymour ignited the end of the stick , and whirled it 13.
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... piece on the board than his adversary , so that the latter might not boast of a victory after his death . " " Indeed ! " said the major ; " but unfortunately for your story , the ancients were not acquainted with the game of chess ...
... piece on the board than his adversary , so that the latter might not boast of a victory after his death . " " Indeed ! " said the major ; " but unfortunately for your story , the ancients were not acquainted with the game of chess ...
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... pieces ; but it does not follow that it must have been chess ; indeed , the learned Dr. Hyde , whose researches into Oriental games are as much distinguished for accurate discrimination as for profound scholarship , considers it to have ...
... pieces ; but it does not follow that it must have been chess ; indeed , the learned Dr. Hyde , whose researches into Oriental games are as much distinguished for accurate discrimination as for profound scholarship , considers it to have ...
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... piece . " " You must not lay too much stress upon the names of the several pieces , " observed the major , " since they have varied in different ages and countries . The castle is sometimes called the rook , from the Italian word rocca ...
... piece . " " You must not lay too much stress upon the names of the several pieces , " observed the major , " since they have varied in different ages and countries . The castle is sometimes called the rook , from the Italian word rocca ...
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Page 10 - Family Shakspeare : In which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Page 9 - COL. HAWKER'S INSTRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN in all that relates to Guns and Shooting.
Page 10 - Mrs. Marcet's Conversations on Chemistry, in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained and illustrated by Experiments.
Page 132 - ... time that the axle describes a small one, therefore the power is increased in the same proportion as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the axle. If the velocity of the wheel is...
Page 7 - Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture, including all the latest Improvements. A general History of Agriculture in all Countries, and a Statistical View of its present State, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles.
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Page 81 - Gunpowder, hoping by a sudden movement to give his companion the slip; but the spectre started full jump with him. Away, then, they dashed through thick and thin, stones flying and sparks flashing at every bound. Ichabod's flimsy garments fluttered in the air as he stretched his long lank body away over his horse's head in the eagerness of his flight.
Page 7 - London's Encyclopaedia of Agriculture: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo. 21s. London's Encyclopaedia of Gardening: comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening.
Page 190 - ... resolved to remove his body into the choir, which was to have been done with solemn procession on the 15th of July. It rained, however, so violently...
Page 7 - London's Encyclopaedia of Agriculture : comprising the Theory and Practice of the Valuation, Transfer, Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and of the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture...