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Page xvii
... magnet , and placed them upon proper spindles : the result was , that when he moved one of his needles , the other , instead of taking by sympathy the same direction , " stood like the pillars of Hercules . " That it continued ...
... magnet , and placed them upon proper spindles : the result was , that when he moved one of his needles , the other , instead of taking by sympathy the same direction , " stood like the pillars of Hercules . " That it continued ...
Page 112
... magnet itself , and to the metals , iron , nickel , and some others , is a notion for which there is no foundation whatever ... magnetic north and south , by the force of terrestrial magnetism acting upon it.-Br. situation . And such a ...
... magnet itself , and to the metals , iron , nickel , and some others , is a notion for which there is no foundation whatever ... magnetic north and south , by the force of terrestrial magnetism acting upon it.-Br. situation . And such a ...
Page 114
... magnet , we may now admit that in the sense of a body permeated by the magnetic fluid ( whatever that may be ) the earth may be regarded complex magnet , or rather as a collection of substances , many of which , under certain ...
... magnet , we may now admit that in the sense of a body permeated by the magnetic fluid ( whatever that may be ) the earth may be regarded complex magnet , or rather as a collection of substances , many of which , under certain ...
Page 115
... magnetic , although they might not have been actu- ally " excited by the loadstone . " As an observation that the magnetic virtue is possessed by bodies which have not been so excited , it is quite worthy of Browne . - Br . and soft wax ...
... magnetic , although they might not have been actu- ally " excited by the loadstone . " As an observation that the magnetic virtue is possessed by bodies which have not been so excited , it is quite worthy of Browne . - Br . and soft wax ...
Page 116
... magnetic needle previously to the application of heat . As soon as the bars arrived at a high blood - red heat , they began to exercise an in- creased power of attraction upon the needle , and in a minute or two this attained its ...
... magnetic needle previously to the application of heat . As soon as the bars arrived at a high blood - red heat , they began to exercise an in- creased power of attraction upon the needle , and in a minute or two this attained its ...
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Page xxxviii - Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato to unfold What worlds, or what vast regions, hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Page 348 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Page 31 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 433 - So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.