Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 4David Patrick, William Geddie W. & R. Chambers, limited, 1924 |
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... side , is built usually in some mossy bank close by a stream , and often near or under a cascade . The dipper breeds ... sides to the graduated edge . The horizontal disc is supported on three legs , whose lengths can be adjusted by ...
... side , is built usually in some mossy bank close by a stream , and often near or under a cascade . The dipper breeds ... sides to the graduated edge . The horizontal disc is supported on three legs , whose lengths can be adjusted by ...
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... side of the needle facing the circle , the other being in the reversed position . The needle is then magnetised ... sides ) of the needle , neutralises the effect of any error such as ( 3 ) ; errors such as ( 4 ) are obviated by the ...
... side of the needle facing the circle , the other being in the reversed position . The needle is then magnetised ... sides ) of the needle , neutralises the effect of any error such as ( 3 ) ; errors such as ( 4 ) are obviated by the ...
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... sides of fields , so that all the drains may be led into it , or along the top of a field to divert surface water . A hedge is often planted along the side , and the two form a better fence for cattle . In cold undrained lands the earth ...
... sides of fields , so that all the drains may be led into it , or along the top of a field to divert surface water . A hedge is often planted along the side , and the two form a better fence for cattle . In cold undrained lands the earth ...
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... side of the helmet to allow the vitiated air to escape . These valves only open out- wards by work ing against a spiral spring , so that no water can enter . The inlet valve is at the back of the helmet , and the air on entry is ...
... side of the helmet to allow the vitiated air to escape . These valves only open out- wards by work ing against a spiral spring , so that no water can enter . The inlet valve is at the back of the helmet , and the air on entry is ...
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... side there are three two - storey reinforced concrete warehouses , each 1100 feet long by 120 feet wide , and on the south side there are seven single - storey steel sheds , from 480 feet to 520 feet in length and 120 feet in breadth ...
... side there are three two - storey reinforced concrete warehouses , each 1100 feet long by 120 feet wide , and on the south side there are seven single - storey steel sheds , from 480 feet to 520 feet in length and 120 feet in breadth ...
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Popular passages
Page 141 - Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it may be compelled by impressed forces to change that state.
Page 22 - This great increase of the quantity of work which, in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people are capable of performing, is owing to three different circumstances; first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another ; and lastly, to the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one man to do the work of many.
Page 327 - Alone in all history he estimated the greatness of man. One man was true to what is in you and me. He saw that God incarnates himself in man, and evermore goes forth anew to take possession of his World.
Page 327 - ... if the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.
Page 292 - The elephant is reckoned the slowest breeder of all known animals, and I have taken some pains to estimate its probable minimum rate of natural increase; it will be...
Page 310 - This is owing to you, for you put it into my head by the question you put to me at Chalfont, which before I had not thought of.
Page 327 - There is no doctrine of the Reason which will bear to be taught by the Understanding. The understanding caught this high chant from the poet's lips, and said, in the next age, "This was Jehovah come down out of heaven. I will kill you, if you say he was a man.
Page 299 - If I live five years longer, the positive result of my existence on the side of truth and goodness will outweigh the small negative good that would have consisted in my not doing anything to shock others, and I can conceive no consequences that will make me repent the past.
Page 180 - There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour.
Page 171 - It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world, as have these lowly organized creatures.