London Exhibited in 1852: Elucidating Its Natural and Physical Characteristics, Antiquity and Architecture, Arts, Manufactures, Trade, and Organization, Social, Literary, and Scientific Institutions, and Numerous Galleries of Fine ArtJohn Weale J. Weale, 1852 - 910 sider |
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... contain the remains of elephants , mammoths , aurochs , elk , reindeer , rhino- ceros , hippopotamus , tiger , & c . , in ... contains or rests on beds of sand and gravel , and is often overlied by a deposit of sand , gravel , and chalk ...
... contain the remains of elephants , mammoths , aurochs , elk , reindeer , rhino- ceros , hippopotamus , tiger , & c . , in ... contains or rests on beds of sand and gravel , and is often overlied by a deposit of sand , gravel , and chalk ...
Side 49
... contains in detail the list of plants to be found at each place , arranged upon the natural system ; Curtis's Flora Londinensis , and Smith and Sowerby's English Botany , contain the same information classified according to the Linnean ...
... contains in detail the list of plants to be found at each place , arranged upon the natural system ; Curtis's Flora Londinensis , and Smith and Sowerby's English Botany , contain the same information classified according to the Linnean ...
Side 53
... contains many rather large hydating . At Oxford , it is true , we find some of the smaller green navicula , and several other smaller green bacillaria ; but the river appears to purify itself in its course , for at Reading these ani ...
... contains many rather large hydating . At Oxford , it is true , we find some of the smaller green navicula , and several other smaller green bacillaria ; but the river appears to purify itself in its course , for at Reading these ani ...
Side 100
... contains articles of value ( not provided for by a money order ) , it may be registered , when a fee of sixpence is ... containing valuables are occasionally committed by its em- ployees , it is recommended always to register such ...
... contains articles of value ( not provided for by a money order ) , it may be registered , when a fee of sixpence is ... containing valuables are occasionally committed by its em- ployees , it is recommended always to register such ...
Side 116
... Containing more than 14 sq . ft . and not more than 36 sq . ft .... Containing more than 36 sq . ft . Painted or otherwise ornamented 33 sup . ft . 0 09 All white flint glass bottles , not cut , engraved or otherwise orna- mented , and ...
... Containing more than 14 sq . ft . and not more than 36 sq . ft .... Containing more than 36 sq . ft . Painted or otherwise ornamented 33 sup . ft . 0 09 All white flint glass bottles , not cut , engraved or otherwise orna- mented , and ...
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Side 774 - True, representing some principal pieces of the reign of Henry the Eighth, which was set forth with many extraordinary circumstances of pomp and majesty, even to the matting of the stage; the Knights of the Order with their Georges and Garters, the guards with their embroidered coats, and the like— sufficient in truth within a while to make greatness very familiar if not ridiculous.
Side 541 - Piscium, had exhausted the Society's finances to such an extent that the salaries even of its officers were in arrears. Accordingly, at the Council meeting of the 2nd of June, it was ordered that " Mr. Newton's book be printed, and that Mr. Halley undertake the business of looking after it, and printing it at his own charge, which he engaged to do.
Side 118 - For every gallon of such spirits or strong Waters, of any strength not exceeding the strength of proof by Sykes's hydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater or less strength than the strength of proof, and for any greater or less quantity than a gallon, viz.
Side 380 - ... arms' length, and showing them to the soldiers, to excite their compassion. The whole composition is full of animation, to which the air of the horses, thus pressed backwards, does not a little contribute. Both these sketches are admirably composed, and in every respect excellent ; few pictures of Rubens, even of his most finished .. works, give a higher idea of his genius.
Side 566 - To multiply and record observations, and patiently to await the result at some future period, was the object proposed by them ; and it was their favourite maxim that the time was not yet come for a general system of geology, but that all must be content for many years to be exclusively engaged in furnishing materials for future generalizations.
Side 88 - ... believed, will do their work well, and they remain at their post as long as these expectations are fulfilled, no matter who is at the head of affairs. The salaries of the First Lord of the Treasury and of the Chancellor of the Exchequer are £5,000 a year each; the Junior Lords have £1,000 each, and the Secretaries £2,000. The whole cost of the department amounts to upwards of £55,000 per annum, but the sum varies from year to year, according to circumstances.
Side 631 - our astronomical observer" at a salary of £100 per annum, his duty being "forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation.
Side 591 - It is not intended to teach the trade of the carpenter, the mason, the dyer, or any other particular business...
Side 247 - The advantages that the King, and all concerned in tallies, had from the bank, were soon so sensibly felt, that all people saw into the secret reasons that made the enemies of the constitution set themselves with so much earnestness against it.
Side 20 - One very remarkable circumstance attending the fall of rain, is, " that smaller quantities have been observed to be deposited in high than in low situations, even though the difference of altitude should be inconsiderable. Similar observations have been made at the summit, and near the base of hills of no great elevation. Rain-gauges, placed on both sides of a hill at the bottom, always indicate a greater fall of rain than on the exposed top...