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Page 245 - The fruitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed ; This, more delusive, not the touch, but taste Deceived ; they, fondly thinking to allay Their appetite with gust, instead of fruit Chewed bitter ashes, which the offended taste With spattering noise rejected.
Page 339 - ... split at the points. They are shaped chiefly by means of rasps and scrapers of various forms after having been roughed out by a hatchet or saw : the teeth are cut by a double saw fixed in a back, the two blades being set to different depths, so that the first cuts the tooth only...
Page 194 - ... motion, giving motion to a horizontal crank and a train of wheels. To the equator of the ball, regarding the tapering rod as its pole, is attached a flat ring, which extends to and fits steam tight wiihin the hollow sphere. On one side of this ring a notch is made, to admit two communications, the one for the ingress and the other for the egress of the steam, or other fluid by which the machine is to be put in motion. Now suppose the ring to be raised on the side next to the passages^ the steam,...
Page 189 - The cactus, the lichen clinging to the rock, and the fungus in all its varieties, have their numerous representatives. Besides these forms imitating vegetation, there are gracefully-modelled vases, some of which are three or four feet in diameter, made up of a network of branches and branchlets, and sprigs of flowers. There are also solid coral hemispheres, like domes, among the vases and shrubbery, occasionally ten or even twenty feet in diameter, whose symmetrical surface is gorgeously decked with...
Page 286 - The crown is also adorned with a band of " minever" with a single row of spots. The coronets of the peers and peeresses have also a similar decoration. The black spots are made of the skin of the black Astracan lamb. On state occasions, in the House of Lords, the peers are arrayed in their robes of state, of scarlet cloth and gold lace, with bars, or rows, of pure " minever," more or less, according to their degree of rank — the sovereign alone wearing the pure " minever" " powdered
Page 337 - ... extracted. The cores are not thrown away, but are burnt to ashes, and in this state form the best material for those small tests or cupels employed by the assayers of gold and silver.* The next process is to cut off with a saw the tip of the horn, that is, the whole of its solid part, which is used by the cutlers for knife handles, is turned into buttons, and is applied to sundry other purposes.
Page 294 - It climbs trees, and, when taken young, is easily tamed. Upwards of half a million of the skins of this animal are imported annually into this country. Two-thirds of this number are re-exported, principally to Germany, where they are used for making hats. The hair of the upper part and sides of the body is of uniform length and colour. It is rather crisp, but tolerably soft. It is used for the linings of coats, for rugs, and other useful purposes. Another group of the Plantigrade Carnivora is the...
Page 189 - Trees of coral are well known ; and although not emulating in size the oaks of our forests, — for they do not exceed six or eight feet in height, — they are gracefully branched, and the whole surface blooms with coral polyps in place of leaves and flowers. Shrubbery, tufts of rushes, beds of pinks, and feathery mosses, are most exactly imitated. Many species spread out in broad leaves or folia, and resemble some large-leaved plant just unfolding: when alive, the surface of each...
Page 219 - ... a contribution towards the construction of a fresh geological epoch and a new layer of the earth's crust, were it not for the gluttony of man, who, rending this sober citizen of the sea from his native bed, carries him unresisting to busy cities and the hum of crowds. If a handsome, well-shaped, and...
Page 337 - ... is turned into buttons, and is applied to sundry other purposes. The remainder of the horn is left entire or is sawn across into lengths, according to the use to which it is destined. Next, it is immersed in boiling water for half an hour, by which it is softened; and, while hot, is held in the flame of a coal or wood fire, taking care to bring the inside as well as the outside of the horn, if from an old animal, in contact with the blaze. It is kept here until it acquires the temperature of...