The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Band 14Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1830 |
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... remained to windward , engaging the Cer- berus , Volage , and Active . In this situation the action con- tinued with great fury , his Majesty's ships frequently in positions which unavoidably exposed them to a raking fire from the enemy ...
... remained to windward , engaging the Cer- berus , Volage , and Active . In this situation the action con- tinued with great fury , his Majesty's ships frequently in positions which unavoidably exposed them to a raking fire from the enemy ...
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... remained useless for two thousand years : who could have supposed that , after the lapse of twenty centuries , they would have formed the basis of astronomy , a science giving to navigation safety , guiding the pilot through unknown ...
... remained useless for two thousand years : who could have supposed that , after the lapse of twenty centuries , they would have formed the basis of astronomy , a science giving to navigation safety , guiding the pilot through unknown ...
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... remained bright , whilst the iron , or the zinc , was slowly corroded . A piece of thick sheet copper , containing , on both sides , about sixty square inches , was cut in such a manner as to form seven divisions , connected only by the ...
... remained bright , whilst the iron , or the zinc , was slowly corroded . A piece of thick sheet copper , containing , on both sides , about sixty square inches , was cut in such a manner as to form seven divisions , connected only by the ...
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... remained unimpaired , his genius would , without doubt , have suggested a remedy ; but he unfortunately declined in health at the very moment his energies were most required . Future philosophers may propose successful expedients to ...
... remained unimpaired , his genius would , without doubt , have suggested a remedy ; but he unfortunately declined in health at the very moment his energies were most required . Future philosophers may propose successful expedients to ...
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... remained for a short time . His Lordship received the brevet of Lieutenant - General , Jan. 1. 1798 , and was employed as second in command on the London Staff , his Royal Highness Field - Marshal the Duke of Gloucester being first . He ...
... remained for a short time . His Lordship received the brevet of Lieutenant - General , Jan. 1. 1798 , and was employed as second in command on the London Staff , his Royal Highness Field - Marshal the Duke of Gloucester being first . He ...
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Seite 143 - Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi, sed omnes illacrymabiles Urgentur, ignotique longa Nocte, carent quia vate sacro.
Seite 278 - Esq., as the author or publisher of a printed pamphlet, entitled, " Thoughts on the English Government — addressed to the quiet good sense of the people of England...
Seite 371 - A finite and exact Expression for the Refraction of an Atmosphere nearly resembling that of the Earth.
Seite 211 - Essays on the Lives and Writings of Fletcher of Saltoun and the Poet Thomson: Biographical, critical, and political. With some Pieces of Thomson's never before published.
Seite 370 - An Account of some recent Discoveries in Hieroglyphical Literature and Egyptian Antiquities, including the Author's original Alphabet, as extended by M. Champollion, Svo.
Seite 51 - ... in a state of intense activity ; and a platina wire, communicating with the positive side, was brought in contact with the upper surface of the alkali. The whole apparatus was in the open atmosphere.
Seite 54 - In sciences kindred to chemistry, the knowledge of the nature of the alkalies, and the analogies arising in consequence, will open many new views; they may lead to the solution of many problems in geology, and shew that agents may have operated in the formation of rocks and earths which have not hitherto been suspected to exist.
Seite 368 - Remarks on the Employment of Oblique Riders, and on other Alterations in the Construction of Ships. Phil. Trans. 1814-, p. 303 ; the substance of a Report before presented to the Board of Admiralty, relating to Sir Robert Sepping's Improvements, with some additional illustrations.
Seite 154 - For the repeated thanks and grants bestowed upon you by this house, in gratitude for your many and eminent services, you have thought fit this day to offer us your acknowledgments; but this nation well knows that it is still largely your debtor. It owes to you the proud satisfaction, that amidst the constellation of illustrious warriors, who have recently visited our country...
Seite 72 - ... resources and devices, as well as from active pursuit, belongs to this amusement. Then as to its philosophical tendency, it is a pursuit of moral discipline, requiring patience, forbearance, and command of temper. As connected with natural science, it may be vaunted as demanding a knowledge of the habits of a considerable tribe of created beings — fishes, and the animals that they prey upon, and an acquaintance with the signs and tokens of the weather and. its changes, the nature of waters,...