Self Culture; a Monthly Devoted to the Interests of the Home University League, Volume 2, Issue 2Edward Cornelius Toune, Graeme Mercer Adam Self-culture magazine Company, 1895 |
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Page 373
... by Dalton into his theory . of the solubilty of gases in water , but out of it all came the grand discovery embod- ied in a " Table of Relative Weights of the Ultimate Particles of Gaseous and other Bodies , " JOHN DALTON 373.
... by Dalton into his theory . of the solubilty of gases in water , but out of it all came the grand discovery embod- ied in a " Table of Relative Weights of the Ultimate Particles of Gaseous and other Bodies , " JOHN DALTON 373.
Page 374
... bodies is a subject , as far as I know , entirely new ; I have lately been prosecuting this inquiry with re- markable success . The principle cannot be entered upon in this paper ; but I shall just subjoin the results as far as they ap ...
... bodies is a subject , as far as I know , entirely new ; I have lately been prosecuting this inquiry with re- markable success . The principle cannot be entered upon in this paper ; but I shall just subjoin the results as far as they ap ...
Page 376
... bodies of those suffering from the fever , and those most closely in contact with the sick are most apt to suffer . This is shown by the frequency with which nurses and physicians take typhus from cases under their care [ where proper ...
... bodies of those suffering from the fever , and those most closely in contact with the sick are most apt to suffer . This is shown by the frequency with which nurses and physicians take typhus from cases under their care [ where proper ...
Page 377
... body ; but even minute quantities of the choleraic matters , if they have fermented in the ground , or in boxes and bun- dles of foul linen , bedding or clothes , may exhale a virus which is often suddenly pros- trating in its action ...
... body ; but even minute quantities of the choleraic matters , if they have fermented in the ground , or in boxes and bun- dles of foul linen , bedding or clothes , may exhale a virus which is often suddenly pros- trating in its action ...
Page 378
... body . Some it has the power of actually destroying , or , at any rate , converting them into non - poisonous compounds . Organic poisons appear to have their activity lessened in the liver by combina- tion with glycogen . Leucomaines ...
... body . Some it has the power of actually destroying , or , at any rate , converting them into non - poisonous compounds . Organic poisons appear to have their activity lessened in the liver by combina- tion with glycogen . Leucomaines ...
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Page 434 - The second * day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to' be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.
Page 374 - An enquiry into the relative weights of the ultimate particles of bodies is a subject, as far as I know, entirely new : I have lately been prosecuting this enquiry with remarkable success.
Page 390 - Institution, the income from a part of which was to be devoted to "the increase and diffusion of more exact knowledge in regard to the nature and properties of atmospheric air in connection with the welfare of man.
Page 373 - ... 3. The quantity of any liquid evaporated in the open air is directly as the force of steam from such liquid at its temperature, all other circumstances being the same.
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Page 387 - It is ordered, that the selectmen of every town, in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbours, to see, first that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavour to teach, by themselves or others, their children and apprentices, so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws : upon penalty of twenty shillings for each neglect...
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