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... atmospheric air , which is , conse- quently , annihilated . Why do certain furnaces consume their own smoke ? Because ... atmosphere . Why is it evident that coal is derived from vegetation ? Because there are few coals but that present ...
... atmospheric air , which is , conse- quently , annihilated . Why do certain furnaces consume their own smoke ? Because ... atmosphere . Why is it evident that coal is derived from vegetation ? Because there are few coals but that present ...
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... atmosphere , is constructed . Why are porous vessels used for wine - coolers ? Because , being dipped in water , they imbibe a quantity of it , which gradually evaporates ; and , as a part of the heat necessary to convert the water into ...
... atmosphere , is constructed . Why are porous vessels used for wine - coolers ? Because , being dipped in water , they imbibe a quantity of it , which gradually evaporates ; and , as a part of the heat necessary to convert the water into ...
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... atmosphere or the action of the soil , is often made a stream of sufficient purity for most purposes where soft water is required . A. Booth . Why is the Thames water of such extreme softness ? Because , from observations at and below ...
... atmosphere or the action of the soil , is often made a stream of sufficient purity for most purposes where soft water is required . A. Booth . Why is the Thames water of such extreme softness ? Because , from observations at and below ...
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... atmosphere presses equally upon the whole surface of the water in the well , until the rod of the pump is moved ; but , by forcing the rod down , the bucket compresses the air in the lower part of the pump - tree , which , being elastic ...
... atmosphere presses equally upon the whole surface of the water in the well , until the rod of the pump is moved ; but , by forcing the rod down , the bucket compresses the air in the lower part of the pump - tree , which , being elastic ...
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... atmosphere ; owing to the rays of heat which , in such a case , radiate from the wort , not being returned again from the clear sky .. En- cy . Brit . ― Why is the cooler generally considerably elevated in a brewery ? Because it is not ...
... atmosphere ; owing to the rays of heat which , in such a case , radiate from the wort , not being returned again from the clear sky .. En- cy . Brit . ― Why is the cooler generally considerably elevated in a brewery ? Because it is not ...
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Page 30 - Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Page 30 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, — Before, milk-white ; now purple with love's wound — And maidens call it, love-in-idleness l6.
Page 19 - If I do prove her haggard, Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings, I'd whistle her off, and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune.
Page 108 - HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher, From the earth thou springest, Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
Page 11 - It is said that when St. Patrick landed near Wicklow to convert the Irish in 433, the pagan inhabitants were ready to stone him ; he requested to be heard, and endeavoured to explain God to them as the Trinity in Unity, but they could not understand him, till plucking a trefoil from the ground, he said, "Is it not as possible for the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, as for these leaves, to grow upon a single stalk," then the Irish were immediately convinced.* St.
Page 93 - Tis silence all, And pleasing expectation. Herds and flocks Drop the dry sprig, and, mute-imploring, eye The falling verdure. Hushed in short suspense, The plumy people streak their wings with oil, To throw the lucid moisture trickling off, And wait the approaching sign, to strike at once Into the general choir.
Page 90 - I rest my only hope at last, And think, when thou hast dried the bitter tear That flows in vain o'er all my soul held dear, I may look back on every sorrow past, And meet life's peaceful evening with a smile ; — As some lone bird, at day's departing hour, Sings in the sunbeam, of the transient shower Forgetful, though its wings are wet the while ;— Yet ah ! how much must that poor heart endure, Which hopes from thee, and thee alone, a cure.
Page 95 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 130 - The notes of this solitary bird, from the ideas which are naturally associated with them, seem like the voice of an old friend, and are listened to by almost all with great interest. At first they issue from some retired part of the woods, the glen, or mountain ; in a few evenings, perhaps, we hear them from the adjoining coppice, the garden fence, the road before the door, and even from the roof of the dwelling-house, long after the family have retired to rest. Some of the more ignorant and...
Page 28 - ... be buried in the open churchyard, and not in the chancel of the minster, as was usual with other bishops...