 Have you ever seen this stone in the chemist's shops, the beautiful and transparent one, from which they kindle fire? SOCRATES. Do you mean the burning-glass? STREPSIADES. I do. Come what would you say, pray, if I were to take this, when the clerk was...  The Phenomena and Laws of Heat - Page 83by Achille Auguste Cazin - 1897 - 273 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Paul Monroe - Education - 1901 - 540 pages
...do. Come, what would you say, pray, if I were to take this, when the clerk was entering the suit, 2 and were to stand at a distance, in the direction of the sun, thus, and melt out the letters of my suit ? Soc. Cleverly done, by the Graces! 1 At that time ranked with precious... | |
 | Panjab Historical Society - Punjab (India) - 1923 - 100 pages
...385 BC Soc. — Do you mean the burning glass ? Strep.- — I do. Come, what would you say, pray, if I were to take this, when the clerk was entering the...a distance, in the direction of the sun, thus and melt out the letters of my suit ? In India, however, the law of the reflection of heat and light was... | |
 | Tennessee Bar Association - Bar associations - 1905 - 1206 pages
...burning glass?" Farmer: "Yes, I do. Come, what would you say, pray, if I were to take his burning glass, when the clerk was entering the suit, and were to...a distance in the direction of the sun, thus, and melt out the letters of my suit?" Socrates: ''It would be cleverly done." Farmer: "Oh, how I am delighted... | |
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