The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volumen113A. Constable, 1861 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 22
Página 114
... Telegraph , and more especially that portion of the science of telegraphy which is now employed to place in instantaneous transmarine communication the distant islands and continents of the globe . The history of this marvellous ...
... Telegraph , and more especially that portion of the science of telegraphy which is now employed to place in instantaneous transmarine communication the distant islands and continents of the globe . The history of this marvellous ...
Página 115
... Telegraph Company , observes that these currents are continu- ally flowing about the earth , either in one direction or the other , throughout the day , and reach their maximum about 2.40 P.M. When magnetic storms or the aurora borealis ...
... Telegraph Company , observes that these currents are continu- ally flowing about the earth , either in one direction or the other , throughout the day , and reach their maximum about 2.40 P.M. When magnetic storms or the aurora borealis ...
Página 117
... telegraph appears to cause nervous irritation in the clerks , and renders them prone to quarrel : if , for instance , one of the clerks carelessly sends a message indis- tinctly , the receiving clerk frequently gets out of temper , and ...
... telegraph appears to cause nervous irritation in the clerks , and renders them prone to quarrel : if , for instance , one of the clerks carelessly sends a message indis- tinctly , the receiving clerk frequently gets out of temper , and ...
Página 120
... Telegraph Committee that in laying the Red Sea cable the temperature on board ship was 92 ° in the hold , and the insulation was so bad , that they could not speak through the cable ; but when it reached the bottom , where at 300 ...
... Telegraph Committee that in laying the Red Sea cable the temperature on board ship was 92 ° in the hold , and the insulation was so bad , that they could not speak through the cable ; but when it reached the bottom , where at 300 ...
Página 121
... telegraph cables of india rubber , possesses specimens of pure bottle india rubber cut into fine threads , which have lain in his office for from fifteen to twenty years , the material of which is apparently uninjured . Gutta percha has ...
... telegraph cables of india rubber , possesses specimens of pure bottle india rubber cut into fine threads , which have lain in his office for from fifteen to twenty years , the material of which is apparently uninjured . Gutta percha has ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
Admiralty Andorre Andorrian appear Austria authority Babrius Bacon ballads Bishop Bishops of Urgel cable Carlyle cause century character Charlemagne Church common conduct copper Counts of Foix CXIII Dixon doubt Duke Elizabeth England English Essex Eton Eton College evidence existence fact favour fleet Forbes foreign France French friends glacier motion Government gutta percha honour House Iceland interest Italian Italy Japanese John Home King labour laid land language Leicester less letters Lord Lord Auckland ment miles Minister nature naval Netherlands never observations opinion organisation Parliament Parma party passed Pitt political portion position present Prince probably Professor Provinces Queen question readers respect scarcely seems ships side slavery Spain Spanish Suakin Telegraph theory tion Tocqueville treaty truth Tyndall volume whole William the Silent wire words writing Yeddo
Pasajes populares
Página 498 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Página 1858 - With a, full View of the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL Portraits.
Página 331 - The place of justice is a hallowed place; and therefore not only the Bench, but the foot pace and precincts and purprise thereof ought to be preserved without scandal and corruption.
Página 478 - Foundation for true interpreting, when he learned from it that, " in every nation, he that feareth God and worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him.
Página 545 - That in all that Territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of Thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Página 559 - Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...
Página 221 - THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS : being a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents. An Account of the Origin and Phenomena of Glaciers, and an Exposition of the Physical Principles to which they are related.
Página 547 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Página 168 - My friend, you owe this uncommon grief to your having thrown off the principles of religion ; for if you had not, you would have been consoled by the firm belief that the good lady, who was not only the best of mothers, but the most pious of Christians, was now completely happy in the realms of the just.
Página 18 - Receive the HOLY GHOST for the Office and Work of a Priest " in the Church of GOD, now committed unto thee by the Impo