Of Architecture In Scotland
Of Architecture In Scotland. The State Of Architecture In North Britain Having Been Inferior To That In The More Extensive And Wealthy Dis Tricts Of The Southern Parts Of The Island, We Have, As Much As Possible, Avoided Mixing It With The Account Of The Progress Of Architecture In England ...
Of Caissons
Of Caissons. With Regard To Laying Foundations By Means Of Cais Sons, This Mode Was First Practised In England By That Able Engineer Mr Labelye, At Westminster Bridge. In The Sequel Of A Brief Report Relative To This Work, (edi Tion 1751,) He Announced An Intention Of Publishing A Larger ...
Of Centres
Of Centres. Having Carried The Picrs And Abutments Up To The Height At Which The Arches Are To Spring, The Next Object Is To Set Up Timber Frames, Usually Known By The Name Of Centres. To Construct And Erect These In A Judicious Manner, Is One Of The Most Masterly ...
Of Cofferdams
Of Cofferdams. We Shall First Describe The Measures Pursued Both In France And Britain, In Working By Means Of Batterdeaux Or Cofferdams. The Forms Of These Are Varied According To Local Cir -cumstances, And The Ingenuity Of The Persons Who Have The Direction Of The Work. 1. By Driving Two ...
Of Colouring Matters 36
Of Colouring Matters 36. The Knowledge Of The Laws According To Which Bodies Appear Of Various Colours, By Absorbing Some Of The Rays Of Light, And Reflecting Others, Is Of Very Little Use To The Practical Dyer. His Object Is Merely To Ex Tract The Colouring Principle From The Substances ...
Of Commercial Wealth
Of Commercial Wealth. By Labour Man Drew His First Wealth From The Earth, But Scarcely Had He Satisfied His Primitive Wants, When Desire Made Him Conceive Other Enjoyments, Not To Be Obtained Without The Aid Of His Fellows. Exchanges Began. They Extended To Whatever Had Any Value, To Whatever Could ...
Of Crimes 1
Of Crimes. 1. By The Law Of Scotland No Private Party, Except The Person Injured, Or His Next Of Kin, Can Accuse Criminally : But Tire King's Advocate, Who In This Question Represents Tire Community, Has A Right To Prosecute All Crimes In Yin Dictam Publicam, Though Tire Party Injured ...
Of Di Us Cle
Of Di Us Cle. Ix Treating On The Subject Of The Muscles, We Shall Ar Range Our Remarks Under Four Heads : We Shall, First, De Scribe The Structure And Composition Of Muscles; Se Condly, Their Properties And Uses ; Thirdly, Their Mechanism ; And Lastly, We Shall Make Some ...
Of Discords By Addition
Of Discords By Addition To The Common Chord. Of The Dominant Chord Of Seventh, And Its Resolution In The Perfect Cadence, With The Derived Progressions. 118. Ave Shall Begin This Chapter With A Short Exposition Of A Rule For The Movement Of Concords, Which We Have Not Hitherto Noticed, But ...
Of Egyptian Architecture
Of Egyptian Architecture. Egypt Being A Country Of Small Extent, And Having Been Early And Frequently Conquered, The History Of Its Ancient Cities, Palaces, And Temples, Was Beyond The Reach Even Of Herodotus. This Parent Of History Only Com Mences His Account After The Translation Of The Seat Of Empire ...
Of Forcible Means Employed
Of Forcible :means Employed By A Nation In The Defence Or Pursuit Of Its Rights. 1. In Case Of A Difference Between Two Sovereigns, He Who Complains Of A Violation Of His Natural Or Positive Rights Ought, Unless His Pretensions Be Of An Indisputable Nature, To Begin By Sufficiently Proving ...
Of Generation If
Of Generation. If We Have Found It Difficult To Account For The Series Of Actions Which Constitute The Functions .that Have Lately Passed Under Our Review, Still More So Shall We Find It To Explain The Mysterious Operation By Which A Succession Of Individuals Is Produced For The Continuance Of ...
Of Gothic Architecture
Of Gothic Architecture. This Name Has Been Given To A School Of Architecture Very Different From Either The Greek Or Roman. Its Origin Has Perhaps Hitherto Hardly Been Satisfactorily As Certained, But It Certainly Continued Till The Sixteenth Century, When It Was Supplanted By The Revival Of The Ro Man ...