Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, Količina 56 ,1. izdaja

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Stran 167 - I praye you all jentylmen and jentylwymmen that redeth this book of Arthur and his knyghtes from the begynnyng to the endynge, praye for me whyle I am on lyve that God sende me good delyveraunce. And whan I am deed, I praye you all praye for my soule.
Stran 32 - In cujus rei testimonium has litteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium xiii die Decembris, anno regni nostri quarto.
Stran 16 - The extraordinary molecular change which the metal of this vessel has undergone is of more interest to the physicist and metallurgist than to the antiquary. The metal is not much oxidized, yet it is so exceedingly brittle that it can be easily broken with the fingers. The effect of time upon it has resulted in a complete alteration of its molecular structure, the mass of the alloy being converted into an agglomeration of crystals, and to this its brittleness is due. On smelting and casting a small...
Stran 16 - Gowland11 refers to the change in an old vessel consisting of 94.35 per cent, tin, 5.06 per cent, lead, traces of iron and copper, 0.59 per cent, oxygen and carbon dioxide in the following words: "The extraordinary molecular change which the metal of this vessel has undergone is of more interest to the physicist and metallurgist than to the antiquary. The metal is not much oxidized, yet it is so exceedingly brittle that it can be easily broken with the fingers. The effect of time upon it has resulted...
Stran 102 - As such, its importance cannot he too highly estimated. The earlier school rarely, if ever attempted to write in more than four parts, and generally confined its efforts to three-part harmony ; the latter has advanced to a stage in which their fluency was remarkable, nor did they hesitate to indulge in those intricacies which have...
Stran 140 - It seems that Baude's connexion with Hogge was of no long continuance ; for we find that " John Johnson, covenant servant to the said P. Bawd, succeeded and exceeded his master in this his art of casting ordnance, making them cleaner and to better perfection.
Stran 137 - Castle, and was preserved for many years at Battle Abbey. It is at least as old as the earlier part of the fifteenth century. The interior is of cast-iron and probably one of the earliest known specimens of iron in that form.
Stran 33 - RICHARD, by the grace of God, King- of England and France, and Lord of Ireland ; to all to whom the present letters shall come greeting.
Stran 194 - The present-day scholars, however, treat the story of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from the garden of Eden just as an allegory.
Stran 97 - ... Scholar on the indenture shall always go into residence at King's within twenty days of the receipt of a summons announcing a vacancy there. The same principle shall obtain in the election of Scholars for Eton, which shall be made by the same persons and at the same time as the election to King's. The Scholars shall be poor and needy boys of good character, with a competent knowledge of reading, of the grammar of Donatus, and of plain song, and not less than eight years old or more than twelve.

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