Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest: Being an Attempt to Implant in the Young Mind the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of the Popular Toys and Sports of YouthJohn Murray, 1857 - 564 Seiten |
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... suppose that attraction had been a force acting without any regard to quantity of matter , is it not evident that , in such a case , the body con- taining the largest quantity would be the slowest in falling to the earth ? " " I ...
... suppose that attraction had been a force acting without any regard to quantity of matter , is it not evident that , in such a case , the body con- taining the largest quantity would be the slowest in falling to the earth ? " " I ...
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... suppose , " said Tom , " it were possible to make the experiment a thousand miles above the earth , would not the diminished effect of gravity be discovered in that case ? ” " Undoubtedly ; indeed it would be sensible at a much less ...
... suppose , " said Tom , " it were possible to make the experiment a thousand miles above the earth , would not the diminished effect of gravity be discovered in that case ? ” " Undoubtedly ; indeed it would be sensible at a much less ...
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... suppose we shall soon have Electrotype collections , " said Mr. Seymour . " Undoubtedly ; and as such impressions must of necessity be minutely faithful , they will possess a value of their own , which can never attach to modelled ...
... suppose we shall soon have Electrotype collections , " said Mr. Seymour . " Undoubtedly ; and as such impressions must of necessity be minutely faithful , they will possess a value of their own , which can never attach to modelled ...
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... suppose that uniform velocity is that which is regular , and of an equal rate throughout . " " Philosophers , " replied her father , " call the motion of a body uniform , when it passes over equal spaces in equal times . Now , Tom , it ...
... suppose that uniform velocity is that which is regular , and of an equal rate throughout . " " Philosophers , " replied her father , " call the motion of a body uniform , when it passes over equal spaces in equal times . Now , Tom , it ...
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... Suppose , for instance , that you throw it with a force that will make it rise only sixteen feet ; in that case , you know , it will fall in one second of time . Now it is proved by experiment , that an impulse requisite to project a ...
... Suppose , for instance , that you throw it with a force that will make it rise only sixteen feet ; in that case , you know , it will fall in one second of time . Now it is proved by experiment , that an impulse requisite to project a ...
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Seite 410 - Ichabod endeavored to dodge the horrible missile, but too late. It encountered his cranium with a tremendous crash — he was tumbled headlong into the dust, and Gunpowder, the black steed, and the goblin rider, passed by like a whirlwind.
Seite 79 - That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse.
Seite 257 - I know not the day of my death : now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison ; and make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
Seite 3 - History of Latin Christianity ; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V.
Seite 1 - LYELL'S (SiR CHARLES) Principles of Geology; or, the Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants considered as illustrative of Geology.
Seite 395 - Indies, there were not other men in Spain who would have been capable of the enterprise? To this Columbus made no immediate reply, but, taking an egg, invited the company to make it stand on one end. Every one attempted it...
Seite 257 - The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob...
Seite 410 - Gunpowder, hoping by a sudden movement to give his companion the slip; but the spectre started full jump with him. Away, then, they dashed through thick and thin, stones flying and sparks flashing at every bound. Ichabod's flimsy garments fluttered in the air as he stretched his long lank body away over his horse's head in the eagerness of his flight.
Seite 476 - in a majority of our summers, a showery period, which, with some latitude as to time and local circumstances, may be admitted to constitute daily rain for forty days, does come on about the time indicated by this tradition ; not that any long space before is often so dry as to mark distinctly its commencement.
Seite 515 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.