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... MEMOIRS of the , complete from the Begin- ning in 1822 to 1909 ( Vols . 1-59 ) , with numerous plates ( some coloured or folding ) , maps , and other illustrations , 59 vols . 4to . , vv . 1-51 in 37 v . hf . calf gilt , and the rest in ...
... MEMOIRS of the , complete from the Begin- ning in 1822 to 1909 ( Vols . 1-59 ) , with numerous plates ( some coloured or folding ) , maps , and other illustrations , 59 vols . 4to . , vv . 1-51 in 37 v . hf . calf gilt , and the rest in ...
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... MEMOIRS of the , edited by the same , from the Beginning to July , 1910 ( Vols . I — XVII No. 1 ) , vv . 1-15 in 5 vols . cl . , and the rest sewn ; with numerous plates and woodcuts - in all 23 vols . roy . 8vo . cl . , and 26 parts ...
... MEMOIRS of the , edited by the same , from the Beginning to July , 1910 ( Vols . I — XVII No. 1 ) , vv . 1-15 in 5 vols . cl . , and the rest sewn ; with numerous plates and woodcuts - in all 23 vols . roy . 8vo . cl . , and 26 parts ...
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... Memoirs , edited by G. C. LLOYD , vv . I — IV , '09 -12 , with very numerous plates , portraits , etc.— 86 vols . 8vo . cl . , and 3 parts , sewn ( wanting 1871 , part III and 1872 , part II ) ( SOUND LIBRARY SET ) ; SCARCE , £ 20 . 97 ...
... Memoirs , edited by G. C. LLOYD , vv . I — IV , '09 -12 , with very numerous plates , portraits , etc.— 86 vols . 8vo . cl . , and 3 parts , sewn ( wanting 1871 , part III and 1872 , part II ) ( SOUND LIBRARY SET ) ; SCARCE , £ 20 . 97 ...
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... MEMOIRS OF THE , from the Beginning in 1785 to 1898 ( being FIRST SERIES COMPLETE , 1785-1802 , 7 v . hf . calf ... memoir by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN : Meteorological Imaginations and Conjectures ' , in which he propounds a theory of hail ...
... MEMOIRS OF THE , from the Beginning in 1785 to 1898 ( being FIRST SERIES COMPLETE , 1785-1802 , 7 v . hf . calf ... memoir by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN : Meteorological Imaginations and Conjectures ' , in which he propounds a theory of hail ...
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... memoirs published by the Learned Societies . 159 NORTH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE of MINING and MECHANICAL ENGINEERS , 160 TRANSACTIONS of the , from the Beginning in 1852 to 1891 [ save v . 4 ] , with INDEXES , 3 parts , and EXTRA ...
... memoirs published by the Learned Societies . 159 NORTH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE of MINING and MECHANICAL ENGINEERS , 160 TRANSACTIONS of the , from the Beginning in 1852 to 1891 [ save v . 4 ] , with INDEXES , 3 parts , and EXTRA ...
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Page 117 - New Experiments Physico-mechanical, touching the spring of the air, and its effects ; (made for the most part in a new pneumatical engine) written .... by the honourable Robert Boyle, Esq* experiment xxxvi.
Page 67 - A Textbook of Geometrical Drawing for the use of Mechanics and Schools, in which the Definitions and Rules of Geometry are familiarly explained; the Practical Problems are arranged from the most simple to the more complex, and in their description technicalities are avoided as much as possible. With illustrations for Drawing Plans, Sections, and Elevations of Railways and Machinery; an Introduction to Isometrical Drawing, and an Essay on Linear Perspective and Shadows.
Page 134 - It is impossible by means of inanimate material agency to derive mechanical effect from any portion of matter by cooling it below the temperature of the coldest of the surrounding objects.
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Page 23 - English artists are the most engaged, a variety, a fancy, and a dignity derived from the higher branches, which even those who professed them in a superior manner did not always preserve when they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits he appeared not to be raised upon that platform, but to descend to it from a higher sphere.
Page 23 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages.
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