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... as bodies of a more dense and compact nature . In a vessel exhausted of air , a piece of metal , as a sovereign , and a feather , are found to fall with a like velocity . The power of gravity is greatest at the earth's surface.
... as bodies of a more dense and compact nature . In a vessel exhausted of air , a piece of metal , as a sovereign , and a feather , are found to fall with a like velocity . The power of gravity is greatest at the earth's surface.
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... metal , and is the lightest known , being lighter than water . It does not exist naturally in a metallic state , but is formed by voltaic action on an hydrate of potash . It is of a perfectly white colour , and has the brilliancy of ...
... metal , and is the lightest known , being lighter than water . It does not exist naturally in a metallic state , but is formed by voltaic action on an hydrate of potash . It is of a perfectly white colour , and has the brilliancy of ...
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... metal . It has been found by experiment that the expansive power of a spherule of water of one inch in diameter in ... metals are kept for a considerable time before a strong fire , they will freeze water when thrown upon them . When the ...
... metal . It has been found by experiment that the expansive power of a spherule of water of one inch in diameter in ... metals are kept for a considerable time before a strong fire , they will freeze water when thrown upon them . When the ...
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... metal and a feather will fall with equal rapidity in an exhausted receiver . There are various other phenomena exhibited by means of the air - pump , which it is impossible here to particu- larize fully thus in an exhausted receiver a ...
... metal and a feather will fall with equal rapidity in an exhausted receiver . There are various other phenomena exhibited by means of the air - pump , which it is impossible here to particu- larize fully thus in an exhausted receiver a ...
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... metal , when the quicksilver in the tube will descend until it arrives at from between 28 to 31 inches above that in the vessel , according to the state of the atmosphere . If the quick- silver in the tube falls or becomes low , it ...
... metal , when the quicksilver in the tube will descend until it arrives at from between 28 to 31 inches above that in the vessel , according to the state of the atmosphere . If the quick- silver in the tube falls or becomes low , it ...
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Page 119 - And now I'm in the world alone, Upon the wide, wide sea: But why should I for others groan, When none will sigh for me? Perchance my dog will whine in vain, Till fed by stranger ,hands; But long ere I come back again, He'd tear me where he stands.
Page 173 - ... the infidel savage — against whom ? against your Protestant brethren ; to lay waste their country, to desolate their dwellings, and extirpate their race and name with these horrible hell-hounds of savage war — hell-hounds, I say, of savage war!
Page 117 - Eternal HOPE ! when yonder spheres sublime Peal'd their first notes to sound the march of Time, Thy joyous youth began — but not to fade. — When all the sister planets have...
Page 126 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh ; The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Page 168 - Bid him disband his legions, Restore the commonwealth to liberty, Submit his actions to the public censure, And stand the judgment of a Roman senate. Bid him do this, and Cato is his friend.
Page 165 - Which of the two to choose, slavery or death ! No, let us rise at once, gird on our swords, And, at the head of our remaining troops, Attack the foe, break through the thick array Of his throng'd legions, and charge home upon him. Perhaps some arm, more lucky than the rest, May reach his heart, and free the world from bondage.
Page 117 - The strife is o'er — the pangs of Nature close, And life's last rapture triumphs o'er her woes. Hark ! as the spirit eyes, with eagle gaze, The noon of Heaven undazzled by the blaze, On Heavenly winds that waft her...
Page 95 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 122 - Come, brightly wafting through the gloom Our Peace-branch from above ? Then sorrow, touched by Thee, grows bright With more than rapture's ray ; As darkness shows us worlds of light We never saw by day...
Page 163 - I've had wrongs To stir a fever in the blood of age, Or make the infant's sinews strong as steel. This day's the birth of sorrow ; this hour's work Will breed proscriptions ! Look to your hearths, my Lords! For there, henceforth, shall sit, for household gods, Shapes hot from Tartarus ; all shames and crimes ; Wan Treachery, with his thirsty dagger drawn ; Suspicion, poisoning his brother's cup ; Naked Rebellion, with the torch and axe, Making his wild sport of your blazing thrones; Till Anarchy...