The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Volumul 4A. Constable & Company, 1821 Contains the proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Wernerian Natural History Society, etc. |
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Pagina 77
... feet 8 inches , or nearly 24 British miles ; and the day's journey is reckoned 10 leagues , road distance . Now , the author gives 18 days ' journey from Amarapura to Ban- mo , Bhanmo , or Panmo , the Bampoo of Mr Arrowsmith , the ...
... feet 8 inches , or nearly 24 British miles ; and the day's journey is reckoned 10 leagues , road distance . Now , the author gives 18 days ' journey from Amarapura to Ban- mo , Bhanmo , or Panmo , the Bampoo of Mr Arrowsmith , the ...
Pagina 89
... feet ; the Puy de la Vache , which we briefly noticed as having supplied the current of lava that obstructs the Lake Aidal ; and others of scarcely inferior interest . Omit- ting those , however , as inconsistent with the limits marked ...
... feet ; the Puy de la Vache , which we briefly noticed as having supplied the current of lava that obstructs the Lake Aidal ; and others of scarcely inferior interest . Omit- ting those , however , as inconsistent with the limits marked ...
Pagina 90
obtained , although its altitude is considerable , exceeding consi- derably 4000 feet . The Puy de Dôme is of a conical form , and remarkable for the distinctness of its outline , rising abrupt- ly from the midst of a sort of ...
obtained , although its altitude is considerable , exceeding consi- derably 4000 feet . The Puy de Dôme is of a conical form , and remarkable for the distinctness of its outline , rising abrupt- ly from the midst of a sort of ...
Pagina 106
... feet was no easy matter , while the waving of the surface was perfectly visible . Before 11 o'clock P. M. three more shocks , but of a trifling nature , were experien- ced . On the next day , the 17th , the earth was frequently in ...
... feet was no easy matter , while the waving of the surface was perfectly visible . Before 11 o'clock P. M. three more shocks , but of a trifling nature , were experien- ced . On the next day , the 17th , the earth was frequently in ...
Pagina 108
... feet , and about eighty or one hundred yards in breadth ; the rest of the channel at flood was not covered in any place with more than one or two feet of water . This branch of the river Indus , or , as it may with more propriety be ...
... feet , and about eighty or one hundred yards in breadth ; the rest of the channel at flood was not covered in any place with more than one or two feet of water . This branch of the river Indus , or , as it may with more propriety be ...
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The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the ..., Volumul 5 Vizualizare completă - 1821 |
Termeni și expresii frecvente
Amarapura angle animal animalcules Apophyllite apparatus appears Arabs atmosphere axis basalt camels Cape Antonio Captain carbonic acid chert clay coast colour conjunction calculated containing crystal direction distance double refraction Dr Brewster earth east effect electricity Erawadi experiments feet felspar flame Flintshire fluid granite heat hills hive inches iron Irthington island isothermal isothermal lines journey land latitude light limestone magnesia magnetic manner mean temperature Melville Island miles mineralogy minerals month Morning mountains Mranmas natural history needle Noon observed oxygen parallel passing perpendicular phosphorescence piezometer plane plate pole position produced Puy de Dôme quantity rays remarkable river rocks Scott shew side species specific gravity stone summer summit supposed surface Temp tion trachyte tube uniting wire unusual refraction valley variation vegetable veins winter
Pasaje populare
Pagina 72 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Pagina 220 - I sought a resting-place, found one, and contrived to sit ; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed it like a band-box. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but they found no better support ; so that I sunk altogether among the broken mummies, with a crash of bones, rags, and wooden cases, which raised such a dust as kept me motionless for a quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again.
Pagina 163 - The suddenness of the transition/ writes Wollaston, ' from perfect hearing to total want of perception, occasions a degree of surprise which renders an experiment of this kind with a series of small pipes, among several persons, rather amusing. It is curious to observe the change of feeling manifested by various individuals of the party in succession, as the sounds approach and pass the limits of their hearing. Those who enjoy a temporary triumph are often compelled...
Pagina 220 - ... me with horror. The blackness of the wall, the faint light given by the candles or torches for want of air, the different objects that surrounded me, seeming to converse with each other, and the Arabs with the candles or torches in their hands, naked and covered with dust, themselves resembling living mummies, absolutely formed a scene that cannot be described.
Pagina 113 - ... animalcules. Hence, reckoning sixty drops to a dram, there would be a number in a gallon of water exceeding, by onehalf, the...
Pagina 362 - Iron is rendered magnetical if scoured or filed, bent or twisted, when in the position of the magnetic axis, or near this position ; the upper end becoming a south pole, and the lower end a north pole...
Pagina 221 - It was* choked with mummies, and I could not pass without putting my face in contact with that of some decayed Egyptian ; but as the passage inclined downwards, my own weight helped me on: however, I could not avoid being covered with bones, legs, arms, and heads, rolling from above.
Pagina 129 - To explain the unusual refraction of island crystal by pression or motion propagated has not hitherto been attempted (to my knowledge) except by Huygens, who for that end supposed two several vibrating mediums within that crystal. But when he tried the refractions in two successive pieces of that crystal and found them such as is mentioned above, he confessed himself at a loss for explaining them.
Pagina 128 - Every ray of light has therefore two opposite sides originally endued with a property on which the unusual refraction depends, and the other two opposite sides not endued with that property.