The parent's guide to a liberal ... education; containing a selection of questions. [With] Prospectus of the course of education pursued by ... Robert Simson ... at Colebrooke house academy |
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Sivu 8
... bodies , such as the sun or moon . At what rate does light fly ? At the rate of twelve millions of miles in a minute . In what time does it proceed from the sun to the earth ? In about eight minutes . In what manner did God re- gard the ...
... bodies , such as the sun or moon . At what rate does light fly ? At the rate of twelve millions of miles in a minute . In what time does it proceed from the sun to the earth ? In about eight minutes . In what manner did God re- gard the ...
Sivu 14
... bodies revolving round it : what its nature and properties may be we know not ; some suppose it to be an opaque body ... body like the earth , and to have dark and light spots , which they conceive to be land and water . How many motions ...
... bodies revolving round it : what its nature and properties may be we know not ; some suppose it to be an opaque body ... body like the earth , and to have dark and light spots , which they conceive to be land and water . How many motions ...
Sivu 16
... bodies are covered with fea- thers , and they have a horny bill . Can you describe the feathers of birds ? A feather is composed of a hol- low root or quill of a middle spine , and of a series of fibres attached to each other by a ...
... bodies are covered with fea- thers , and they have a horny bill . Can you describe the feathers of birds ? A feather is composed of a hol- low root or quill of a middle spine , and of a series of fibres attached to each other by a ...
Sivu 41
... bodies , particularly of the sun and moon . In what way does the action of the sun assist that of the moon in causing the tides ? Though the action of the moon has the great- est share in producing the tides , yet the action of the sun ...
... bodies , particularly of the sun and moon . In what way does the action of the sun assist that of the moon in causing the tides ? Though the action of the moon has the great- est share in producing the tides , yet the action of the sun ...
Sivu 51
... body Within . What are the orbits of the planets round the sun called ? Ellipses . Is the motion of a planet in its orbit uniform or variable ? Variable . When is the motion of a planet in its orbit quickest , and when slowest ? The ...
... body Within . What are the orbits of the planets round the sun called ? Ellipses . Is the motion of a planet in its orbit uniform or variable ? Variable . When is the motion of a planet in its orbit quickest , and when slowest ? The ...
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Sivu 12 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Sivu 15 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Sivu 17 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Sivu 7 - And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night: and the evening and the morning were the first day.
Sivu 9 - And GOD made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters, which were above the firmament, and it was so. And GOD called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Sivu 13 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Sivu 26 - Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur Iambus ; Pes citus ; unde etiam trimetris accrescere jussit Nomen lambeis, quum senos redderet ictus, Primus ad extremum similis sibi : non ita pridem, Tardior ut paulo graviorque veniret ad aures, 255 Spondees stabiles in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens ; non ut de sede secunda Cederet aut quarta socialiter.
Sivu 7 - Let there be light : and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness.
Sivu 105 - To find the area of a trapezoid, multiply half the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them ; the product will be the area.
Sivu 110 - ... it is so pleasing, that you would give something out of your pocket to obtain it, and would forego some bodily enjoyment for its sake. The pleasure derived from Science is exactly of the like nature, or, rather, it is the very same. For what has just been spoken of is, in fact, Science, which in its most comprehensive sense only means Knowledge, and in its ordinary sense means Knowledge reduced to a System ; that is, arranged in a regular order, so as to be conveniently taught, easily remembered,...