Popular scientific recreations, tr. and enlarged from 'Les récréations scientifiques'. |
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... turn our eyes or direct our steps . So we may hope to introduce all our friends to a pleasant and lasting acquaintance with Dame Nature . " But what is Nature ? " We are fond of admiring Nature , and the effects of certain causes in the ...
... turn our eyes or direct our steps . So we may hope to introduce all our friends to a pleasant and lasting acquaintance with Dame Nature . " But what is Nature ? " We are fond of admiring Nature , and the effects of certain causes in the ...
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... turn , upon another , the latter reacts in an opposite manner upon the first , and with the same intensity . The Attraction of Colcsion is the attraction of particles of bodies to * M. A. G. has written us an interesting letter on the ...
... turn , upon another , the latter reacts in an opposite manner upon the first , and with the same intensity . The Attraction of Colcsion is the attraction of particles of bodies to * M. A. G. has written us an interesting letter on the ...
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... turn this natural adhesion to our own purposes in many ways , —we whitewash our walls , and paint our houses ; we paste our papers together , etc. On the other hand , many fluids will not adhere . Oil and water have already been ...
... turn this natural adhesion to our own purposes in many ways , —we whitewash our walls , and paint our houses ; we paste our papers together , etc. On the other hand , many fluids will not adhere . Oil and water have already been ...
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... turning on the slender pivot of a pin . Nothing can be more comical than to witness the long beak of the bird turning round and round , successively facing all the company assembled round the table , sometimes with a little oscillation ...
... turning on the slender pivot of a pin . Nothing can be more comical than to witness the long beak of the bird turning round and round , successively facing all the company assembled round the table , sometimes with a little oscillation ...
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... turn round axles adapted to two parallel tubes containing mercury . When we place the little contrivance in the position of fig . 24 , the mercury being at a , the two dolls remain motionless , but if we lower the doll s , so that it ...
... turn round axles adapted to two parallel tubes containing mercury . When we place the little contrivance in the position of fig . 24 , the mercury being at a , the two dolls remain motionless , but if we lower the doll s , so that it ...
Términos y frases comunes
acetic acid ammonia angles animals antimony apparatus appear atmosphere attraction axis ball balloon battery body called carbonic acid carpel cause cells centre chemical clouds colour combination compound contains copper crustacea crystals cylinder disc distance earth effect electricity equal experiment feet flowers fluid force give glass globe gravity heat hydrogen illustration fig infusoria instrument iron known lamp Leyden jar light lime liquid machine magnet means mercury metal miles minerals moon motion movement nature needle nitric acid nitrogen object observed obtained oxide oxygen paper particles pass perceived phenomena phosphorus piece pistil plants plate platinum pole portion position possess Praxinoscope pressure produced rays retina rocks rotation round salt seen silver sound specific gravity stamens stars substances sulphate sulphuric acid surface temperature termed tion tube turn vapour vegetable vibrations weight wheel wind wire zinc
Pasajes populares
Página 447 - The squares of the periods of revolution of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Página 311 - There is a place for everything and everything is in its place.
Página 533 - He telleth the number of the stars, and calleth them all by their names.
Página 549 - There rolls the deep where grew the tree; Oh, Earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There, where the long street roars, has been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mists, the solid lands — Like clouds, they shape themselves and go...
Página 466 - ... 430 feet ; Mars, a rather large pin's head, on a circle of 654 feet ; Juno, Ceres, Vesta, and Pallas, grains of sand, in orbits of from...
Página 446 - Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied, for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant* sung; Silence was pleased: now...
Página 492 - Saw the moon rise from the water Rippling, rounding from the water, Saw the flecks and shadows on it, Whispered, "What is that, Nokomis?" And the good Nokomis answered : " Once a warrior, very angry, Seized his grandmother, and threw her Up into the sky at midnight; Right against the moon he threw her ; "Tis her body that you see there." Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In the eastern sky the rainbow, Whispered,
Página 630 - Her silver crescent tipped with sable clouds, Conclude she bodes a tempest on the main, And brews for fields impetuous floods of rain.
Página 593 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord ; at the presence of the God of Jacob ; 8 Who turned the hard rock into a standing water, and the flint-stone into a springing well.
Página 449 - The Axis OF THE EARTH is an imaginary line passing through the centre of it...