Chambers's Information for the People: A Popular Encyclopedia, Volume 2J.W. Moore, 1853 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... proportion to the size of the room to be heated . It is divided by the partition g h into two cham- bers of unequal dimensions , which communicate freely at the top and bottom . A fire - box , e , composed of iron lined with fire ...
... proportion to the size of the room to be heated . It is divided by the partition g h into two cham- bers of unequal dimensions , which communicate freely at the top and bottom . A fire - box , e , composed of iron lined with fire ...
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... proportion to the heat of the stove , and in doing so presses upon the mercury in that part of the outer bend next to it . The mercury in the other part of the bent tube accordingly rises . A float on its surface is thus raised ...
... proportion to the heat of the stove , and in doing so presses upon the mercury in that part of the outer bend next to it . The mercury in the other part of the bent tube accordingly rises . A float on its surface is thus raised ...
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... proportion to the size of the of furniture , and every head passing beneath . There is room , and other circumstances affecting its temperature . just one pipe going along each of the two lower stories The pipes are generally round ...
... proportion to the size of the of furniture , and every head passing beneath . There is room , and other circumstances affecting its temperature . just one pipe going along each of the two lower stories The pipes are generally round ...
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... proportion . During the five years end- ing with 1839 there were 55,949 cases . It may well be presumed from the ordinary conditions of the Anderston house , and its previous history , that it should have had its full proportion of ...
... proportion . During the five years end- ing with 1839 there were 55,949 cases . It may well be presumed from the ordinary conditions of the Anderston house , and its previous history , that it should have had its full proportion of ...
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... proportion between 5 and 14 times its bulk ; it burns with a yellowish flame , combining with twice its bulk of oxygen ; or by weight , 8 light carbureted hydro- gen to 32 oxygen . Other gases enter into the composition of coal - gas ...
... proportion between 5 and 14 times its bulk ; it burns with a yellowish flame , combining with twice its bulk of oxygen ; or by weight , 8 light carbureted hydro- gen to 32 oxygen . Other gases enter into the composition of coal - gas ...
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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...