The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volumen8George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton, 1859 |
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... metals , and in almost every art in- volving the use of fire , a furnace of some kind for producing this heat is in demand . The an- cient Greeks employed furnaces for casting statues of bronze ; Homer makes mention of å blast furnace ...
... metals , and in almost every art in- volving the use of fire , a furnace of some kind for producing this heat is in demand . The an- cient Greeks employed furnaces for casting statues of bronze ; Homer makes mention of å blast furnace ...
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... metal . Strabo speaks of furnaces built in Spain , which were raised to a great height for conveying off the noxious fumes . They were also funished with long flues and chambers made for collecting the ox- ides and other sublimed ...
... metal . Strabo speaks of furnaces built in Spain , which were raised to a great height for conveying off the noxious fumes . They were also funished with long flues and chambers made for collecting the ox- ides and other sublimed ...
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... metal , chiefly of cop- per , with ornamented handles . It is uncertain of what material they made their lamps . The flame was sustained by a floating wick , and fed with salt and oil . Among the kitchen utensils were caldrons for ...
... metal , chiefly of cop- per , with ornamented handles . It is uncertain of what material they made their lamps . The flame was sustained by a floating wick , and fed with salt and oil . Among the kitchen utensils were caldrons for ...
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... metal feet . They consisted of a framework , sometimes of wood , which was strung with girths upon which rested a mattress stuffed with straw , wool , or feathers , and covered with rich drapery . The lectus cubicularis , or bed , was ...
... metal feet . They consisted of a framework , sometimes of wood , which was strung with girths upon which rested a mattress stuffed with straw , wool , or feathers , and covered with rich drapery . The lectus cubicularis , or bed , was ...
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... metals , earthenware , & c . , consists chiefly of articles of household use of Italian design , such as chimney - pieces , cabinets , and candelabra . It was purchased by some English gentlemen in 1856 for about $ 120,000 , and formed ...
... metals , earthenware , & c . , consists chiefly of articles of household use of Italian design , such as chimney - pieces , cabinets , and candelabra . It was purchased by some English gentlemen in 1856 for about $ 120,000 , and formed ...
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Página 241 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a; prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Página 68 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Página 142 - Smith (?'), they be made good cheap in this kingdom ; for whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and, (to be short,) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman.
Página 239 - I arrived at Oxford with a stock of erudition that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance of which a schoolboy would have been ashamed.
Página 90 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Página 56 - County as a member of the convention to revise the constitution of the State.
Página 241 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Página 90 - Some time afterward, it was reported to me by the city officers that they had ferreted out the paper and its editor ; that his office was an obscure hole, his only visible auxiliary a negro boy, and his supporters a few very insignificant persons of all colors,
Página 246 - We hesitate not to say that Annexation, effected by any act or proceeding of the Federal Government, or any of its departments, would be identical with, dissolution.
Página 268 - Imagine now in the centre of such a continent, occupied through nearly its whole extent by a deep unbroken sea of ice, that gathers perennial increase from the water-shed of vast snow-covered mountains and all the precipitations of the atmosphere upon its own surface.