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... least gained some insight into the conditions of the problem . I have therefore undertaken to give you , as briefly as I can , the result of my investigations . Let us first consider the facts with which we have ON THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE .
... least gained some insight into the conditions of the problem . I have therefore undertaken to give you , as briefly as I can , the result of my investigations . Let us first consider the facts with which we have ON THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE .
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... consider how the different methods of teaching turn these advantages to account . • The grammatical method seeks to use the third advantage almost exclusively . The accidence groups the words of the lan- guage in various classes with ...
... consider how the different methods of teaching turn these advantages to account . • The grammatical method seeks to use the third advantage almost exclusively . The accidence groups the words of the lan- guage in various classes with ...
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... considers himself at liberty to put into a new and clearer form the Elements of Geometry , and establish them on a firmer basis . When he arrived at Florence , seventeen years before the date of his preface , he found there was much ...
... considers himself at liberty to put into a new and clearer form the Elements of Geometry , and establish them on a firmer basis . When he arrived at Florence , seventeen years before the date of his preface , he found there was much ...
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... " ( Da V. Flauti , p . 463 , vol . i . , edit . 11th , Naples , 1827 ) , are remarks on Borelli's definition of parallels . discussed and considered insufficient . He considers that he has 12 THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION .
... " ( Da V. Flauti , p . 463 , vol . i . , edit . 11th , Naples , 1827 ) , are remarks on Borelli's definition of parallels . discussed and considered insufficient . He considers that he has 12 THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION .
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discussed and considered insufficient . He considers that he has treated the properties of parallels , if not more soundly ( solidius ) than others , yet with greater simplicity and at less length . ( 17 ) is Euc . i . 30 ; ( 18 ) is ...
discussed and considered insufficient . He considers that he has treated the properties of parallels , if not more soundly ( solidius ) than others , yet with greater simplicity and at less length . ( 17 ) is Euc . i . 30 ; ( 18 ) is ...
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Page 78 - Combining Proportions by Weight and by Volume. General nature of Acids, Bases, and Salts. Symbols and Nomenclature. The Atmosphere — its constitution : effects of Animal and Vegetable life upon its composition. Combustion. Structure and properties of Flame. Nature and composition of ordinary Fuel. Water. Chemical peculiarities of Natural Waters, such as rain-water, river-water, spring-water, sea-water.
Page 110 - I had rather be an under-turnkey in Newgate. I was up early and late ; I was browbeat by the master, hated for my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys...
Page 82 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 78 - The ordinary Rules of Arithmetic. Vulgar and Decimal Fractions. Extraction of the Square Root. Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division of Algebraical Quantities. Proportion. Arithmetical and Geometrical Progression. Simple Equations. GEOMETRY. The First Four Books of Euclid : — or, The principal properties of Triangles, and of Squares and other Parallelograms, treated geometrically : The principal properties of the Circle, and of its inscribed and circumscribed figures, treated geometrically....
Page 133 - STORMONTH. Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language. Including a very Copious Selection of Scientific Terms. For Use in Schools and Colleges, and as a Book of General Reference. By the Rev. JAMES STORMONTH. The Pronunciation carefully Revised by the Rev. PH PHELP, MA Cantab. Tenth Edition, Revised throughout. Crown 8vo, pp. 800. 7s. 6d. Dictionary of the English Language, Pronouncing, Etymological, and Explanatory.
Page 78 - Heat. — Its Sources. Expansion. Thermometers — relations between different Scales in common use. Difference between Temperature and Quantity of Heat. Specific and Latent Heat. — Calorimeters. Liquefaction. Ebullition. Evaporation. Conduction. Convection. Radiation.
Page 88 - If a particle moves in consequence of the continued action upon it of a constant force, show what is the character of the resulting motion, and in what manner it depends on the magnitude of the force and the mass of the particle.
Page 110 - ... the laughing-stock of the school. Every trick is played upon the usher; the oddity of his manners, his dress, or his language, is a fund of eternal ridicule; the master himself now and then cannot avoid joining in the laugh, and the poor wretch, eternally resenting this ill usage, seems to live in a state of war with all the family.
Page 125 - The angle at the centre of a circle is double of the angle at the circumference upon the same base, that is, upon the same part of the circumference.
Page 88 - Show how to resolve a giren force into two components, one of which has a given magnitude and acts parallel to a given straight line. As a special case, resolve a force of magnitude 12, acting horizontally from left to right, into two components, one of which is a force of magnitude 25 acting vertically upwards.— Jan.