Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest: Being an Attempt to Implant in the Young Mind the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of the Popular Toys and Sports of YouthJohn Murray, 1861 - 401 páginas |
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Página xxiii
... Miss Villers . -A passionate appeal in favour of flowers . - An enigma . - The riddles of Samson and Cleobulus . - The myth of Castor and Pol- lux . - Sound . - How propagated by aerial vibration . - Theory of musical sounds , Page 202 ...
... Miss Villers . -A passionate appeal in favour of flowers . - An enigma . - The riddles of Samson and Cleobulus . - The myth of Castor and Pol- lux . - Sound . - How propagated by aerial vibration . - Theory of musical sounds , Page 202 ...
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... Mrs Seymour approached the party , carrying in her hands a letter , which the smile on her countenance announced to con- tain agreeable intelligence . " I have just received , " said Mrs Seymour , " a letter from Miss Villers , whom you ...
... Mrs Seymour approached the party , carrying in her hands a letter , which the smile on her countenance announced to con- tain agreeable intelligence . " I have just received , " said Mrs Seymour , " a letter from Miss Villers , whom you ...
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... Miss Villers . Were this a romance rather than an instructive history , we should at once charge our pencil with the glowing hues of the rainbow , and proceed to colour the outline which the imagination of the reader must have already ...
... Miss Villers . Were this a romance rather than an instructive history , we should at once charge our pencil with the glowing hues of the rainbow , and proceed to colour the outline which the imagination of the reader must have already ...
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... We might - but enough ; let us exercise the judgment of Timanthes , and leave the reader to the sway of his own imagination . CHAPTER XVII . On the following morning , Miss Villers CHAP . XVI . 201 MADE SCIENCE IN EARNEST .
... We might - but enough ; let us exercise the judgment of Timanthes , and leave the reader to the sway of his own imagination . CHAPTER XVII . On the following morning , Miss Villers CHAP . XVI . 201 MADE SCIENCE IN EARNEST .
Página 202
... Miss Villers , accompanied by her friends , proceeded to Osterley Park , to pay her compliments to Major Snap- well , and to add her entreaties to those of Mr and Mrs Seymour to induce the venerable major to spend a few days at Overton ...
... Miss Villers , accompanied by her friends , proceeded to Osterley Park , to pay her compliments to Major Snap- well , and to add her entreaties to those of Mr and Mrs Seymour to induce the venerable major to spend a few days at Overton ...
Términos y frases comunes
amusement ancient angle answered antiquary antiquity appear asked Mr Seymour axis ball body centre of gravity centrifugal force classical coin colours complementary colours continued Mr Seymour cried dear delight direction distance doubt earth effect elastic equal exclaimed the vicar exhibit experiment explain fall father Fcap figure flowers force hand History illustration kite lady light Louisa Major Snapwell manner marble ment Miss Villers Natural Philosophy nature never NOTE object observed Mr Seymour observed the vicar occasion Oliver Cromwell Osterley Park Overton Overton Lodge party pass perceive philosophy Portrait Post 8vo present principle produced quoit reader readily remember replied Mr Seymour replied the vicar rotatory motion round Second Edition sound sport St Swithin stone striking string struck suppose surface Thaumatrope Third Edition tion tube Twaddleton velocity vibrations Virgil Vols weight wind Woodcuts word
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Página 197 - I know not the day of my death : now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison ; and make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
Página 217 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils...
Página 5 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Página 325 - Ichabod endeavored to dodge the horrible missile, but too late. It encountered his cranium with a tremendous crash — he was tumbled headlong into the dust, and Gunpowder, the black steed, and the goblin rider, passed by like a whirlwind.
Página 5 - BRAY'S (MRS.) Life of Thomas Stothard, RA With Personal Reminiscences. Illustrated with Portrait and 60 Woodcuts of his chief works. 4to. BREWSTER'S (SiR DAVID) Martyrs of Science, or the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler.
Página 325 - 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.
Página 6 - BUNBURY'S (CJF) Journal of a Residence at the Cape of Good Hope; with Excursions into the Interior, and Notes on the Natural History and Native Tribes of the Country.
Página 315 - Indies, there were not other men in Spain who would have been capable of the enterprise? To this Columbus made no immediate reply, but, taking an egg, invited the company to make it stand on one end. Every one attempted it...
Página 21 - History of Rome. From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. With the History of Literature and Art.
Página 197 - The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob...