The History of the Works of the Learned ..., Volume 12J. Robinson, 1742 Containing impartial accounts and accurate abstracts of the most valuable books published in Great Britain and foreign parts ... |
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... Means of Contre - mines . The firft fuccefsful Application of the blowing of Mines in Sieges , he fays , was in the King- dom of Naples , where Pietro de Navarre by this Means poffeffed himself of a Fort garrison'd by the French . But ...
... Means of Contre - mines . The firft fuccefsful Application of the blowing of Mines in Sieges , he fays , was in the King- dom of Naples , where Pietro de Navarre by this Means poffeffed himself of a Fort garrison'd by the French . But ...
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... Means it has happened , that all their Determinations about the Flight of Shot , discharged with confiderable Degrees of Celerity , are extremely erroneous ; and confequently it is cer- tain , that the prefent Theory of Gunnery , in ...
... Means it has happened , that all their Determinations about the Flight of Shot , discharged with confiderable Degrees of Celerity , are extremely erroneous ; and confequently it is cer- tain , that the prefent Theory of Gunnery , in ...
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... Means he will find , that , at a certain Time , " the feparate Grains , that fall on the Iron , will " not explode , but will burn with a small blue " Flame for fome Space of Time , the Grains ftill " remaining unconfumed . Indeed ...
... Means he will find , that , at a certain Time , " the feparate Grains , that fall on the Iron , will " not explode , but will burn with a small blue " Flame for fome Space of Time , the Grains ftill " remaining unconfumed . Indeed ...
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... Means of the fixth Poftulate , it should have been no more than 241 Yards ; either of which Numbers are extreme- ly diftant from 330 . Again , a Ball being fired at an Elevation of 8 ° , but with a Velocity of 700 Feet in 1 " , the hori ...
... Means of the fixth Poftulate , it should have been no more than 241 Yards ; either of which Numbers are extreme- ly diftant from 330 . Again , a Ball being fired at an Elevation of 8 ° , but with a Velocity of 700 Feet in 1 " , the hori ...
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... Means the Distance between the incurvated Line and the Line of Direction , will increase in a much greater Ratio than that of the Distance ; thefe Lines being coincident at the Mouth of the Piece , and afterwards feparating in the ...
... Means the Distance between the incurvated Line and the Line of Direction , will increase in a much greater Ratio than that of the Distance ; thefe Lines being coincident at the Mouth of the Piece , and afterwards feparating in the ...
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Page 302 - Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.
Page 368 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
Page 368 - From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty; the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Page 448 - As the poised ocean to the attracting Moon Obedient swells, and every headlong stream Devolves its winding waters to the main ; So all things which have life aspire to God, The sun of being, boundless, unimpair'd...
Page 307 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went out after him, and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth ; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear ; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 355 - And the Lord hath done to him as he spake by me: for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David : Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day.
Page 368 - Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
Page 118 - Hales was chief baron of the Exchequer, by means of his great learning even against his inclination, he did the crown more justice in that court than any others in his place had done with all their good will and less knowledge. But his lordship knew also his foible which was leaning towards the popular...
Page 368 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 273 - Bridgman would not agree to it, as against Magna Charta, which says that the Common Pleas shall be held in certo loco, or in a certain place, with which the distance of an inch from that place is inconsistent, and all the pleas would be coram non judice.