Systematic Education: Or Elementary Instruction in the Various Departments of Literature and Science; with Practical Rules for Studying Each Branch of Useful Knowledge, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815 - Education |
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... called the fulcrum , or prop . In regard to this mechanical power , three things are to be considered , viz . the fulcrum by which it is supported ; the weight to be raised , or resistance to be overcome ; and the power by which this is ...
... called the fulcrum , or prop . In regard to this mechanical power , three things are to be considered , viz . the fulcrum by which it is supported ; the weight to be raised , or resistance to be overcome ; and the power by which this is ...
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... called the hydrostatical balance ; it does not differ very much from the common balance . To the beam , there are the two scale- pans adjusted , which may be taken off at pleasure . There is likewise another pan at x , of equal weight ...
... called the hydrostatical balance ; it does not differ very much from the common balance . To the beam , there are the two scale- pans adjusted , which may be taken off at pleasure . There is likewise another pan at x , of equal weight ...
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... called the Torricellian experiment , from the person who invented it ; and upon this depend the structure and use of the common barometer , because upon the weight of the air , which is perpetually varying , the mercury rises and falls ...
... called the Torricellian experiment , from the person who invented it ; and upon this depend the structure and use of the common barometer , because upon the weight of the air , which is perpetually varying , the mercury rises and falls ...
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... called by the workmen in that branch of business , the sucking , lifting and forcing pumps . By the last two , water may be raised to any height , with a proper apparatus , and requisite power ; but by the sucking - pump , for reasons ...
... called by the workmen in that branch of business , the sucking , lifting and forcing pumps . By the last two , water may be raised to any height , with a proper apparatus , and requisite power ; but by the sucking - pump , for reasons ...
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... . By a ray of light is meant the motion of a single particle , and its motion is represented by a straight line . Any parcel of rays proceeding from a point , is called a pencil of rays . By a medium is meant any E 2 OPTICS . 51.
... . By a ray of light is meant the motion of a single particle , and its motion is represented by a straight line . Any parcel of rays proceeding from a point , is called a pencil of rays . By a medium is meant any E 2 OPTICS . 51.
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Page 441 - THE annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased with that produce from other nations.
Page 354 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page 478 - It is in this manner that money has become in all civilized nations the universal instrument of commerce, by the intervention of which goods of all kinds are bought and sold, or exchanged for one another.
Page 97 - When any substance was introduced into this arch, it instantly became ignited ; platina melted as readily in it as wax in the flame of a common candle ; quartz, the sapphire, magnesia, lime, all entered into fusion...
Page 492 - Taking the whole earth, instead of this island, emigration would, of course, be excluded; and, supposing the present population equal to a thousand millions, the human species would increase as the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 to 9; in three centuries as 4096 to 13, and in two thousand years the difference would be almost incalculable.
Page 321 - MORAL Philosophy, Morality, Ethics, Casuistry, Natural Law, mean all the same thing ; namely, that science which teaches men their duty and the reasons of it.
Page 113 - Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Gemini the Twins, Cancer the Crab, Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, Libra the Balance, Scorpio the Scorpion, Sagittarius the Archer, Capricornus the Goat, Aquarius the Waterbearer, and Pisces the Fishes...
Page 495 - I should propose a regulation to be made, declaring that no child born from any marriage taking place after the expiration of a year from the date of the law, and no illegitimate child born two years from the same date, should ever be entitled to parish assistance.
Page 489 - It is in this manner that the demand for men, like that for any other commodity, necessarily regulates the production of men, quickens it when it goes on too slowly, and stops it when it advances too fast.
Page 475 - Labour was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased ; and its value, to those who possess it, and who want to exchange it for some new productions, is precisely equal to the quantity of labour which it can enable them to purchase or command.