Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest: Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of the Popular Toys and Sports ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1827 - 207 sider |
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... feet of the audience , and then suddenly vanished . After an instant of utter darkness , the figure was again visible at a great distance ; the schoolmaster , Crane , was also seen belabour- ing the starveling ribs of his steed , old ...
... feet of the audience , and then suddenly vanished . After an instant of utter darkness , the figure was again visible at a great distance ; the schoolmaster , Crane , was also seen belabour- ing the starveling ribs of his steed , old ...
Side 114
... feet in one second of time , or for this purpose 16 feet will be sufficiently exact ; and as sound travels at the rate of 1142 feet per second , multiply together 1142 , 16 and 5 , which will give 91360 , and to four times this product ...
... feet in one second of time , or for this purpose 16 feet will be sufficiently exact ; and as sound travels at the rate of 1142 feet per second , multiply together 1142 , 16 and 5 , which will give 91360 , and to four times this product ...
Side 126
... feet in a second , will pro- duce as much effect as a cannon ball of ten pounds in weight , provided it only moved at the rate of 100 feet in the same time ; in like manner a ball weighing one pound may be made to balance another of ...
... feet in a second , will pro- duce as much effect as a cannon ball of ten pounds in weight , provided it only moved at the rate of 100 feet in the same time ; in like manner a ball weighing one pound may be made to balance another of ...
Side 140
... feet long , and no tapering can be per- ceived in it , one end being as thick as the other . It is of a bright yellow colour , perfectly smooth both inside and out . It grows hollow ; nor is there the least appearance of a knot or joint ...
... feet long , and no tapering can be per- ceived in it , one end being as thick as the other . It is of a bright yellow colour , perfectly smooth both inside and out . It grows hollow ; nor is there the least appearance of a knot or joint ...
Side 141
... feet . Silent as midnight he steals under them , and so cautiously does he tread the ground , that the fallen leaves rustle not beneath his feet . His ears are open to the least sound , while his eye , keen as that of the lynx , is ...
... feet . Silent as midnight he steals under them , and so cautiously does he tread the ground , that the fallen leaves rustle not beneath his feet . His ears are open to the least sound , while his eye , keen as that of the lynx , is ...
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Side 10 - Family Shakspeare : In which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Side 9 - COL. HAWKER'S INSTRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN in all that relates to Guns and Shooting.
Side 10 - Mrs. Marcet's Conversations on Chemistry, in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained and illustrated by Experiments.
Side 132 - ... time that the axle describes a small one, therefore the power is increased in the same proportion as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the axle. If the velocity of the wheel is...
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Side 81 - Gunpowder, hoping by a sudden movement to give his companion the slip; but the spectre started full jump with him. Away, then, they dashed through thick and thin, stones flying and sparks flashing at every bound. Ichabod's flimsy garments fluttered in the air as he stretched his long lank body away over his horse's head in the eagerness of his flight.
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Side 190 - ... resolved to remove his body into the choir, which was to have been done with solemn procession on the 15th of July. It rained, however, so violently...
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