Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 14. köideArchibald Constable, 1823 |
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... considerable advantages in regard to the field of view , & c . which they have not ( A ) . " This inventive artist having contrived a construc- tion of the compound microscope so small as to admit of being packed in a common walking ...
... considerable advantages in regard to the field of view , & c . which they have not ( A ) . " This inventive artist having contrived a construc- tion of the compound microscope so small as to admit of being packed in a common walking ...
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... considerable share of dexterity to unfold them ; for these wings are naturally endowed with such spring , that they immediately fold themselves again , unless care be taken to prevent them . The wing of the earwig , when expanded , is ...
... considerable share of dexterity to unfold them ; for these wings are naturally endowed with such spring , that they immediately fold themselves again , unless care be taken to prevent them . The wing of the earwig , when expanded , is ...
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... considerable resemblance to the last , but has a much greater power of changing its shape . It is naturally cylindrical , the lower end sharp , and divided into two parts ; but some- times contracts the head and tail so as to assume a ...
... considerable resemblance to the last , but has a much greater power of changing its shape . It is naturally cylindrical , the lower end sharp , and divided into two parts ; but some- times contracts the head and tail so as to assume a ...
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... considerable time.without any motion . When it has a mind to sink to the bottom , it closes the hairs of the ring , as in fig . 37. Thus an hol- Fig . 37 . low space is formed , including a small bubble of air ; by enlarging or ...
... considerable time.without any motion . When it has a mind to sink to the bottom , it closes the hairs of the ring , as in fig . 37. Thus an hol- Fig . 37 . low space is formed , including a small bubble of air ; by enlarging or ...
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... considerably , but return imme- diately to their usual size when the tension ceases . They are naturally of a silver ... considerable part of the whole caterpillar with regard to bulk is the corpus crassum . It is the Erst and only ...
... considerably , but return imme- diately to their usual size when the tension ceases . They are naturally of a silver ... considerable part of the whole caterpillar with regard to bulk is the corpus crassum . It is the Erst and only ...
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Page 105 - AND I SAW AN ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, HAVING THE KEY OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT AND A GREAT CHAIN IN HIS HAND. AND HE LAID HOLD ON THE DRAGON, THAT OLD SERPENT, WHICH IS THE DEVIL AND SATAN AND BOUND HIM A THOUSAND YEARS. AND CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT AND SHUT HIM UP AND SET A SEAL UPON HIM, THAT HE SHOULD DECEIVE THE NATIONS NO MORE, TILL THE THOUSAND YEARS SHOULD BE FULFILLED: AND AFTER THAT HE MUST BE LOOSED A LITTLE SEASON.
Page 105 - And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Page 284 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.
Page 281 - When anyone tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself whether it be more probable that this person should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact which he relates should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other ; and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates, then, and...
Page 105 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years...
Page 82 - MILTOK. but scout and hurry along in little detached parties of six or seven in a company ; and sweeping low, just over the surface of the land and water, direct their course to the opposite continent at the narrowest passage they can find.
Page 281 - That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.
Page 95 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 107 - For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
Page 282 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child : and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.