The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, Količina 6H.G. Allen, 1888 |
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Stran 3
... thickness the height of the trees . Hence as regards strictly local climates , an intelligent knowledge of which is of great practical value , it follows that the best security against the severity of cold in winter is afforded where ...
... thickness the height of the trees . Hence as regards strictly local climates , an intelligent knowledge of which is of great practical value , it follows that the best security against the severity of cold in winter is afforded where ...
Stran 4
... thickness , but as already remarked , are to a very large extent diffused through a stratum of air equalling , in thickness at least , the height of the trees . Hence the conserving influence of forests on climate , making the nights ...
... thickness , but as already remarked , are to a very large extent diffused through a stratum of air equalling , in thickness at least , the height of the trees . Hence the conserving influence of forests on climate , making the nights ...
Stran 15
... thickness throughout its breadth ; and the bottom of the chops which carry it should be exactly horizontal ; otherwise the pendulum will swing with a twist , as they may be often seen to do in ill - made clocks . If the bottom of the ...
... thickness throughout its breadth ; and the bottom of the chops which carry it should be exactly horizontal ; otherwise the pendulum will swing with a twist , as they may be often seen to do in ill - made clocks . If the bottom of the ...
Stran 17
... thicker round one ( which is not what one would expect ) , though a lens - shaped bob was less affected than a spherical one of the same diameter , which of course is much heavier . The frictional effect of the air is necessarily ...
... thicker round one ( which is not what one would expect ) , though a lens - shaped bob was less affected than a spherical one of the same diameter , which of course is much heavier . The frictional effect of the air is necessarily ...
Stran 21
... thickness of the winding arbor . A variation of arc in dead escapement clocks is sometimes visible between the beginning and the end of the week according as the string is nearest to the thick cr the thin end of the great arbor , when ...
... thickness of the winding arbor . A variation of arc in dead escapement clocks is sometimes visible between the beginning and the end of the week according as the string is nearest to the thick cr the thin end of the great arbor , when ...
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Stran 292 - ... 4. Watches or besets the house or other place where such other person resides, or works, or carries on business, or happens to be, or the approach to such house or place ; («) or 5.
Stran 292 - An agreement or combination by two or more persons to do or procure to be done any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute between employers and workmen shall not be indictable as a conspiracy if such act committed by one person would not be punishable as a crime.
Stran 262 - When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like, when done to yourself, do not do to others.
Stran 220 - ... not specifying the same shall be deemed fraudulent on the part of the promoters, directors, and officers of the company knowingly issuing the same, as regards any person taking shares in the company on the faith of such prospectus, unless he shall have had notice of such contract.
Stran 165 - The lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they who seek the Lord, shall want no manner of thing that is good.
Stran 135 - With many parts of this preface, in the sense attributed to them and which the words undoubtedly seem to authorize, I never concurred; but on the contrary objected to them as erroneous in principle and as contradictory (in appearance at least) both to other parts of the same preface and to the author's own practice in the greater number of the poems themselves.
Stran 321 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment...
Stran 136 - He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or Church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.
Stran 292 - Where any person wilfully and maliciously breaks a contract of service or of hiring, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the probable consequences of his so doing, either alone or in combination with others, will be to endanger human life, or cause serious bodily injury, or to expose valuable property whether real or personal to destruction or serious injury...
Stran 209 - What is a Communist ? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings. Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing To fork out his penny and pocket your shilling.