The Family Magazine, Volume 5Redfield & Lindsay, 1838 |
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... inches in length , and two or even more in breadth , has but little strength ; but the fish on which it preys are immediately consigned to its pouch , in which it speedily accumulates a sufficient store to serve it for a meal , and then ...
... inches in length , and two or even more in breadth , has but little strength ; but the fish on which it preys are immediately consigned to its pouch , in which it speedily accumulates a sufficient store to serve it for a meal , and then ...
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... inches high ; th general they do not ( he says ) exceed five inches . This difference can only be attril their food , with which the former are suppli abundantly than the latter and the effects are equally evident in the Arabian and T ...
... inches high ; th general they do not ( he says ) exceed five inches . This difference can only be attril their food , with which the former are suppli abundantly than the latter and the effects are equally evident in the Arabian and T ...
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... inches high , and the ship ten miles from the observer . It will be observed again that if , on losing sight of the steamer at c , the spectator imme- " diately ascend the tower in the rear , he will be ena- bled to look over the ...
... inches high , and the ship ten miles from the observer . It will be observed again that if , on losing sight of the steamer at c , the spectator imme- " diately ascend the tower in the rear , he will be ena- bled to look over the ...
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... inches circumference , six times six is thirty - six , the fifth of which is seven tuns and one fifth . It is usual in the manufacture of large ropes , es- pecially in those for nautical purposes , to saturate them with tar . This is ...
... inches circumference , six times six is thirty - six , the fifth of which is seven tuns and one fifth . It is usual in the manufacture of large ropes , es- pecially in those for nautical purposes , to saturate them with tar . This is ...
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... inches depth of tallow . This tallow answers a better pur- after it has become brown by use , than it does at first . The only preparation of the iron sheets is to scour them perfectly clean and bright . pose , To Restore Old Writing ...
... inches depth of tallow . This tallow answers a better pur- after it has become brown by use , than it does at first . The only preparation of the iron sheets is to scour them perfectly clean and bright . pose , To Restore Old Writing ...
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Page 286 - Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Page 453 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh.
Page 101 - Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Page 287 - The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.
Page 304 - They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
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Page 316 - Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof And blench not at thy chosen lot, The timid good may stand aloof, The sage may frown — yet faint thou not, Nor heed the shaft too surely cast, The foul and hissing bolt of scorn; For with thy side shall dwell, at last, The victory of endurance born.
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