Chambers's Information for the People: A Popular Encyclopedia, Volume 2J.W. Moore, 1853 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... pass over then on its way to supply the rooms or halls where it was required . In some part of the building a furnace was employed to heat the plates , which were of cast iron , and the air , after passing over them , was sent forward ...
... pass over then on its way to supply the rooms or halls where it was required . In some part of the building a furnace was employed to heat the plates , which were of cast iron , and the air , after passing over them , was sent forward ...
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... pass into an open hall , staircase , or any other single space which it is desired to warm , or it may be carried ... pass in the direction indicated by the arrows , giving warmth to the outer case , The smoke finally passes off , by the ...
... pass into an open hall , staircase , or any other single space which it is desired to warm , or it may be carried ... pass in the direction indicated by the arrows , giving warmth to the outer case , The smoke finally passes off , by the ...
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... pass through the air of the room before entering the chimney . The Ar- nott stove certainly makes the most ... passing , of course , through the water , it is only necessary to turn the windlass a few times in order to make the whole wet ...
... pass through the air of the room before entering the chimney . The Ar- nott stove certainly makes the most ... passing , of course , through the water , it is only necessary to turn the windlass a few times in order to make the whole wet ...
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... pass by it in a minute , and there should be for ventilation at least three feet of air a minute for each • Chambers's Edinburgh Journal , p . 319 . as far as the draught may only clear a certain space near the bottom of the room ...
... pass by it in a minute , and there should be for ventilation at least three feet of air a minute for each • Chambers's Edinburgh Journal , p . 319 . as far as the draught may only clear a certain space near the bottom of the room ...
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... passes on through the washing box , and carries with it to the fire , as soon as disengaged , all the infectious ... pass through a vaulted chamber , containing a congeries of pipes of hot water ; and being there warmed is sent on by ...
... passes on through the washing box , and carries with it to the fire , as soon as disengaged , all the infectious ... pass through a vaulted chamber , containing a congeries of pipes of hot water ; and being there warmed is sent on by ...
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Page 229 - Three removes is as bad as a fire ;' and again, ' Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee ;' and again, ' If you would have your business done, go if not, send.' And again — ' He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
Page 229 - A Ploughman on his Legs is higher than a Gentleman on his Knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small Estate left them, which they knew not the Getting of; they think 'tis Day and will never be Night...
Page 228 - Friends," says he, and Neighbours, "the Taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the Government were the only Ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly; and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something...
Page 230 - I resolved to be the better for the echo of it, and though I had at first determined to buy stuff for a new coat, I went away resolved to wear my old one a little longer. Reader, if thou wilt do the same, thy profit will be as great as mine.
Page 230 - Would you not say, that you were free, have a right to dress as you please, and that such an edict would be a breach of your privileges, and such a government tyrannical? and yet you are about to put yourself under that tyranny when you run in debt for such dress!
Page 228 - I stopped my horse lately where a great number of people were collected at an auction of merchants' goods. The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times; and one of the company called to a plain, clean old man, with white locks; — "Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times?
Page 229 - So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality, if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean will, as Poor Richard says; and — • Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women for tea ' forsook spinning and knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting.
Page 229 - Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy. And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? It cannot promote health, nor ease pain; it makes no increase of merit in the person; it creates envy; it hastens misfortune.
Page 229 - But with our industry, we must likewise be steady, settled, and careful, and oversee our own affairs with our own eyes, and not trust too much to others; for, as Poor Richard says...
Page 237 - Beware of thinking all your own that you possess, and of living accordingly. It is a mistake that many people who have credit fall into. To prevent this, keep an exact account for some time, both of your expenses and your income. If you take the pains at first to mention particulars, it will have this good effect ; you will discover how wonderfully small trifling expenses mount up to large sums, and will discern what might have been, and may for the future be saved, without occasioning any great...