The National Review, Volume 13Robert Theobald, 1861 |
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... course towards that side on which the glass is thicker . But Newton found that every two rays differing in colour or kind are bent in a different degree . Thus , however numerous the rays which a compound beam of light contains , we ...
... course towards that side on which the glass is thicker . But Newton found that every two rays differing in colour or kind are bent in a different degree . Thus , however numerous the rays which a compound beam of light contains , we ...
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... course , by a considerable interval from the rest . The 1,000,000th part of a grain of strontia can be detected . Potassium , the element found in pot - ashes , gives a widely spec- extended continuous spectrum , which contains only two ...
... course , by a considerable interval from the rest . The 1,000,000th part of a grain of strontia can be detected . Potassium , the element found in pot - ashes , gives a widely spec- extended continuous spectrum , which contains only two ...
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... course obvious . Next in the order of time , we find that in April 1856 Pro- fessor William Swan communicated to the Royal Society of Edinburgh some researches † " On the Prismatic Spectra of the Flames of Carbon and Hydrogen . " He ...
... course obvious . Next in the order of time , we find that in April 1856 Pro- fessor William Swan communicated to the Royal Society of Edinburgh some researches † " On the Prismatic Spectra of the Flames of Carbon and Hydrogen . " He ...
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... course of time , be analysed by spectrum observation , and that Bunsen will then be one of the chief founders of the Chemistry of the Universe , as he is already the chief contributor to the chemical geology of our own globe . In thus ...
... course of time , be analysed by spectrum observation , and that Bunsen will then be one of the chief founders of the Chemistry of the Universe , as he is already the chief contributor to the chemical geology of our own globe . In thus ...
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... course on the Church of England . † The choice of the subject may be regarded as a fair index of the theological position and catholic spirit of the author . We are glad that he has taken it up . His work is a valuable contribu- tion to ...
... course on the Church of England . † The choice of the subject may be regarded as a fair index of the theological position and catholic spirit of the author . We are glad that he has taken it up . His work is a valuable contribu- tion to ...
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Page 54 - Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.
Page 21 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction will not suffer it. Therefore I'll none of • it. Honour is a mere scutcheon : and so ends my catechism.
Page 434 - Father, took man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance ; so that two whole and perfect natures, that is to say, the Godhead and Manhood, were joined together in one Person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God and very man ; who truly suffered, was crucified, dead and buried, to reconcile His Father to us, and to be a sacrifice, not only for original guilt, but also for all actual sins of men.
Page 211 - in the room of the Right Honourable William Pitt, who, since his election, has accepted the office of First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Page 480 - ... and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. In every case, after the choice of the president, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the vice-president.
Page 237 - AFRICA. Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa : with Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chase of the Gorilla, the Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus, and other Animals.
Page 422 - The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree ; him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are his witnesses of these things, and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Page 466 - ... with the advice and approbation of the Senate, the power of making all treaties ; to have the sole appointment of the heads or chief officers of the departments of Finance, War, and Foreign Affairs...
Page 374 - ... Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists...
Page 355 - What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left...