Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Old Series, vol. 5, 1802)American Philosophical Society |
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Common terms and phrases
1ft fatellite 2d fatellite acid afternoon alfo Andrew Ellicott Andromeda angle appears atmoſphere BENJAMIN SMITH BARTON black vomit Borealis cafe Caftor Clear clock Cloudy colour common air confiderable Coro courſe dephlogiſticated difference eaſt Emerfion Equal altitudes experiments expofed falt fame fatellite of 24 fecond feveral fhall fhould filk fimilar firſt fixed air Flint river fluid fmall fector fome fouth ftate fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fulphuric fun rife fun riſe fuppofed gall-bladder Greenwich heat honey inches inflammable air interfection JOSEPH PRIESTLEY kinds of air latitude longitude Lyræ magnifying power 120 mean meridian moſt muſt nitrous air Nutations obfervatory Obferved zenith diſtance ounce meaſures paffed Paris Pegafi perches Philad phlogiſticated air plants poiſonous Pollux proceſs purpoſe quantity rain refult river rofe roſe Sector Sextant ſmall Society ſtate Tauri teleſcope thefe Thermometer theſe thoſe tion tube uſed veffel weft Weſt William Dunbar
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Page 330 - An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned." And also to the act, entitled " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and...
Page 330 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 324 - The masses, projected at the second explosion, seem to have fallen principally at and in the vicinity of Mr. William Prince's in Weston, distant about five miles, in a southerly direction, from Mr. Burr's.
Page 133 - Appearances certainly indicate that it has derived both origin and growth from the accustomary collection of hones, and deposition of them together ; that the first collection had been deposited on the common surface of the earth, a few stones put over it, and then a covering of earth, that the second had been laid on this, had covered more or less of it in proportion to the number of bones, and...
Page 25 - ... called. The phenomenon was grand and awful. The whole heavens appeared as if illuminated with sky-rockets, which disappeared only by the light of the sun, after daybreak. The meteors, which at any one instant of time appeared as numerous as the stars, flew in all possible directions except from the earth...
Page 86 - ... from which no particular mode of application can be free. These are : " First. The weight of the engine and of the fuel. "Second. The large space it occupies. " Third. The tendency of its action to rack the vessel and render it leaky. " Fourth. The expense of maintenance " Fifth. The irregularity of its motion, and the motion of the water in the boiler and cistern, and of the fuelvessel in rough water. "Sixth. The difficulty arising from the liability of the paddles or oars to break, if light,...
Page 86 - During the general lassitude of mechanical exertion which succeeded the American Revolution, the utility of steam-engines appears to have been forgotten ; but the subject afterward started into very general notice in a form in which it could not possibly be attended with success.
Page 324 - The largest fragment which remained did not exceed the size of a goose-egg, and this Mr. Burr found to be still warm to his hand. There was reason to conclude, from all the circumstances, that this stone must have weighed about twenty or twenty-five pounds. Mr. Burr had a strong impression that another stone fell in an adjoining field, and it was confidently believed that a large mass had fallen into a neighbouring swamp, but neither of these had been found.
Page 86 - ... started into very general notice in a form in which it could not possibly be attended with much success. A sort of mania began to prevail, which indeed has not yet entirely subsided, for impelling boats by steam-engines. . . . For a short time a passage-boat, rowed by a steam-engine, was established between Bordentown and Philadelphia, but it was soon laid aside.
Page 324 - In the spring, when the blossoms are out, clear away the dirt, so as to expose the root of the tree, to the depth of three inches ; surround the tree with straw about three feet long, applied lengthwise, so that it may have a covering one inch thick, which extends to the bottom of the hole, the...