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Richard and John E. Taylor, 1835 - Physics

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Page 93 - The sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap; And, like a lobster boiled, the morn From black to red began to turn.
Page 70 - Cypselus Apus, 111., preserved in spirit, and showing a considerable dilatation at the base of the lower jaw and upper part of the throat. White has observed that " Swifts, when wantonly and cruelly shot while they have young, discover a lump of insects in their mouths, which they pouch and hold under their tongue
Page 75 - including the present year, and for which the author shall not have previously received an honorary reward."' " The Council propose to give one of the Royal Medals in the year 1836, to the most important unpublished paper in astronomy, communicated to the Royal Society for insertion in their Transactions, after the present date
Page 75 - The Council also propose to give one of the Royal Medals in the year 1836 to the most important unpublished paper in Animal Physiology, communicated to the Royal Society for insertion in their Transactions, after the present date and prior to the month of June in the year 1836.
Page 146 - The Council, being unable to propose any specific Prize-Question for the Royal Medal in Physics for the year 1837, propose to give one of the Royal Medals for that year to the most important unpublished paper in Physics, communicated to the Royal Society for insertion in their Transactions, after the present date and prior to the month of June 1837.
Page 5 - he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that springeth out of the wall §,
Page 5 - there is a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together ||.
Page 13 - Hast thou given the horse strength; hast thou clothed his neck with thunder t
Page 181 - His general statement is, that " chemical and electrical attractions were produced by the same cause, acting in one case on particles, in the other on masses, of
Page 75 - propose to give one of the Royal Medals in the year 1836, to the most important unpublished paper in astronomy, communicated to the Royal Society for insertion in their Transactions, after the present date and prior to the

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