The Popular Educator, Volume 6John Cassell, 1855 |
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Page 411
... plate of glass at the same angle of 35 ° 25 ′ , if the plane of incidence on this second plate is perpendicular to the plane of incidence on the former , but it is more or less reflected if incident at other angles . 2. When transmitted ...
... plate of glass at the same angle of 35 ° 25 ′ , if the plane of incidence on this second plate is perpendicular to the plane of incidence on the former , but it is more or less reflected if incident at other angles . 2. When transmitted ...
Page 412
... plate of glass with parallel faces , it is only reflected in part , the other part goes through the plate and is refracted , and the light transmitted is partially polarised in a plane perpen- dicular to the plane of reflection , and ...
... plate of glass with parallel faces , it is only reflected in part , the other part goes through the plate and is refracted , and the light transmitted is partially polarised in a plane perpen- dicular to the plane of reflection , and ...
Page 425
... plate of black glass , a thin plate of tur- malin , the double refracting prism , Nichol's prism , and the piles of glasses which we have mentioned before . 1. Black Glass . - It will be seen by the figure which we give below ( fig ...
... plate of black glass , a thin plate of tur- malin , the double refracting prism , Nichol's prism , and the piles of glasses which we have mentioned before . 1. Black Glass . - It will be seen by the figure which we give below ( fig ...
Page 426
... plate of quartz cut perpendicularly to the axis of crystallisation , this ray is again polarised on emerging , but no longer in the same plane of polarisation as before its entrance . With some specimens , the new plane is turned to the ...
... plate of quartz cut perpendicularly to the axis of crystallisation , this ray is again polarised on emerging , but no longer in the same plane of polarisation as before its entrance . With some specimens , the new plane is turned to the ...
Page 427
... plate of quartz ) , to obtain a complete be turned at will round the axis of the apparatus by means compensation . There are three principal parts in the appa- of a button n , fastened to a dial plate with a vernier , which ratus ; a ...
... plate of quartz ) , to obtain a complete be turned at will round the axis of the apparatus by means compensation . There are three principal parts in the appa- of a button n , fastened to a dial plate with a vernier , which ratus ; a ...
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action adjective adverbs angle battery called CASSELL'S LESSONS cent coal Compound Tenses Conjugation contar copper cylinder dative decimal denote DICTIONARY diphthong divided E. A. ANDREWS electricity electrised English word equal equation expressed fluid French galvanometer genitive Gerund given glass Greek hallado IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect Indeterminate Preterite INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD Latin letters Leyden jar libros magnetic magnetised means metallic mind moral muger Multiply nature neat cloth needle negative noun object Old Red Sandstone paper covers Past Gerund Past Participle person pile plate plural polarisation pole positive preposition Present Gerund Preterite Prob produced pronoun Pronunciation proportion quantity ratio Reduce rendered root Sandstone Simple Tenses sine sound Spanish square SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD syllable teacher tentar term thing thou tion triangle verb vowel wire zinc δε εν επι εστι εστιν και οἱ ου
Popular passages
Page 684 - No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail ; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear...
Page 700 - Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock.
Page 684 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Page 405 - This is that which I think great readers are apt to be mistaken in. Those who have read of everything are thought to understand everything too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking makes what we read ours.
Page 684 - Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place...
Page 684 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Page 699 - Shoots into port at some well-havened isle, Where spices breathe, and brighter seasons smile, There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated with incense play Around her, fanning light her streamers gay; — So thou, with sails how swift! hast reached the shore " Where tempests never beat nor billows roar," And thy loved consort on the dangerous tide Of life long since has anchored by thy side.
Page 670 - The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise. Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull chronicle and a rhetorical declamation : three times did I compose the first chapter, and twice the second and third, before I was EDWAHD GIBBON tolerably satisfied with their effect.
Page 700 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 700 - No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the street rings. No stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves and quake. But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted...