도서 본문에서
60개의 결과 중 1 - 5개
1 페이지
... Soon after my brother's return from the Continent he entered upon a new train of inquiry , — the inves- tigation of fire - damp , with a view to the protection of the mines in which it occurs , and the workmen who are exposed to its ...
... Soon after my brother's return from the Continent he entered upon a new train of inquiry , — the inves- tigation of fire - damp , with a view to the protection of the mines in which it occurs , and the workmen who are exposed to its ...
7 페이지
... soon attained the object of his wishes , and effected more than the most sanguine imagination could have anticipated ; more , indeed , than could reasonably have been supposed possible à priori . And this was the invention of the safety ...
... soon attained the object of his wishes , and effected more than the most sanguine imagination could have anticipated ; more , indeed , than could reasonably have been supposed possible à priori . And this was the invention of the safety ...
12 페이지
... soon removed this inconvenience by the application of a small brush . " Our colliers have found it most convenient to hang the stationary lamps from small wooden pedes- tals ; but , on observing that where the side of the lamps have ...
... soon removed this inconvenience by the application of a small brush . " Our colliers have found it most convenient to hang the stationary lamps from small wooden pedes- tals ; but , on observing that where the side of the lamps have ...
14 페이지
... soon impaired by the flame within the cylinder . Of this , however , I have no reason to complain , as after three months ' constant use , the gauze has not , in the hands of careful workmen , been perceptibly injured by the action of ...
... soon impaired by the flame within the cylinder . Of this , however , I have no reason to complain , as after three months ' constant use , the gauze has not , in the hands of careful workmen , been perceptibly injured by the action of ...
20 페이지
... had no sooner descended than the enemy was disco- vered , which , they say , much alarmed them , and they would have retreated if they could ; but finding that impossible , took courage , and soon found they had 20 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... had no sooner descended than the enemy was disco- vered , which , they say , much alarmed them , and they would have retreated if they could ; but finding that impossible , took courage , and soon found they had 20 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
기타 출판본 - 모두 보기
자주 나오는 단어 및 구문
agreeable amused animals appeared beautiful believe birds bright brother caught char character chemical clouds coal gas Colliery colour combustion common snipe copper copper sheathing Davy lamp dear John dialogue dinner discovery double snipe Drave Edersee eels effect electricity experiments explosive mixture favour feeling fire-damp fish flame give grayling green heat hope hucho human ignited Illyria inflammable inquiry instinct journey kind labour lake Laybach letter light Limeric manner ment metal mind morning mountains o'clock O'Donoghue object observations paper passed persons philosopher pines pound pursuits quantity rain Ravenna reason remarkable rise river road rock Rome Ross Castle Royal Society safety lamp salmon Salmonia scenery seen shooting Sir Humphry snow soon stream surface Sweno temperature thermometer tion Traun trout views whilst wire gauze wire of platinum wood Wurzen
인기 인용구
288 페이지 - The swallow is one of my favourite birds, and a rival of the nightingale ; for he glads my sense of seeing as much as the other does my sense of hearing. He is the joyous prophet of the year — the harbinger of the best season...
290 페이지 - But what is that large bird soaring above the pointed rock, towards the end of the lake ? Surely it is an eagle...
51 페이지 - No ! my good friend, I never thought of such a thing : my sole object was to serve the cause of humanity ; and if I have succeeded, I am amply rewarded in the gratifying reflection of having done so.
283 페이지 - Angler, by Walton and Cotton. The characters, chosen to support these Conversations, are — HALLEUS, who is supposed to be an accomplished fly-fisher ; ORNITHER, who is to be regarded as a gentleman generally fond of the sports of the field, though not a finished master of the art of angling ; POIETES, who is to be considered as an enthusiastic lover of nature, and partially acquainted with the mysteries of fly-fishing ; and PHYSICUS, who is described uninitiated as an angler, but as a person fond...
403 페이지 - I value it,' he used to say with the kindliest exultation, ' more than anything I ever did : it was the result of a great deal of investigation and labour; but if my directions be attended to, it will save the lives of thousands of poor men.
406 페이지 - Some people say I ought not to accept this prize, and there have been foolish paragraphs in the papers to that effect ; but if the two countries or governments are at war, the men of science are not. That would indeed be a civil war of the worst description ; we should rather, through the instrumentality of men of science, soften the asperities of national hostility.
6 페이지 - In exploding a mixture of 1 part of gas from the distillation of coal, and 8 parts of air in a tube of a quarter of an inch in diameter, and a foot long, more than a second was required before the flame reached from one end of the tube to the other ; and...
159 페이지 - ... increased, and the undulations were feebler. At a smaller distance the surface of the mercury became plane ; and rotation slowly began round the wire. As the magnet approached, the rotation became more rapid, and •when it was about half an inch above the mercury, a great depression of it was observed above the wire, and a vortex, which reached almost to the surface of the wire.
291 페이지 - HAL. — Of this species, I have seen but these two, and I believe the young ones migrate as soon as they can provide for themselves ; for this solitary bird requires a large space to move and feed in, and does not allow its offspring to partake its reign, or to live near it.