Of Grecian Architecture Tue
Of Grecian Architecture Tue Next Step In The History Cf Architecture, Leads Us To Consider It As Practised In The Grecian States ; And Here, Although During Its Early Stages Niuch Uncertainty Pre Vails, Yet By The Aid Of Ancient Historians And Scientific Travellers Of Modern Times, We Are Enabled ...
Of Hearing The
Of Hearing. The Sense Of Hearing Comes Next To That Of Sight, Both As To Its Real Importance, And The Elaborate Structure Of Its Appropriate Organ. We Have Also A Tolerably Accurate Knowledge Of The Nature Of Sound, And Of The Process By Which The Ear Receives The Impression, Although ...
Of Indian Architecture
Of Indian Architecture. Although What Rela-es To India Was Anciently But Ve Ry Imperfectly Known To The Western World, Yet Such Is The Change In Human Affairs, And The Eagerness With Which Every Matter Relating To India Has Of Late Been In Vestigated, That We Are Now Furnished With Accounts ...
Of Joints
Of Joints. Having Now Considered In General The Various Kinds Of Strains Which Occur In The Works Of The Carpenter, And Having Endeavoured, As Far As Was In Our Power, To How The Strength Of The Timber Is Made To Resist Them, And How This Resistance Can Be Brought Under ...
Of Mordants 201
Of Mordants. 201. The Colouring Particles Seldom Have Such A De Cided Affinity For The Substances Usually Submitted To The Operations Of Dyeing, As To Form With Them A Per Manent Union; It Frequently Happens, Indeed, That The Same Solvent Which Deposits The Colouring Matter On The Stuff, Will, With ...
Of Natvral Transitions By
Of Natvral Transitions By These Choriv. 136. Having Exhibited Pretty Fully The Mutual Connexions Of The Tonic, Dominant, And Subdominant Harmonies Within The Key, We Shall Now Proceed To Give Some Specimens Pas Sing Into The Nearest Related Keys. These Are From The Ma Jor Principal Key, To The Fifth ...
Of Other
Of Other Cliords Of The Seventh: Thf.1r Preparation And Resolution Analogous To The Perfect Ca Dence. 125. If To The Minor Common Chord Of The Second Of The Scale Major Mode, We Add The Key-note, We Have A Chord Consisting Of Minor Third, Perfect Fifth, And Minor Seventh, No. 1; ...
Of Parapets
Of Parapets. The Whole Work Having Been Brought Up To The Level Of The Cordon, Or Cornice, And That Having Also Been Set, The Parapets Are To Be Constructed. They Are Made From Three Feet Six Inches To Six Feet In Height Above The Footpaths Or Roadway : Four Feet ...
Of Persian Architecture
Of Persian Architecture The South Western Districts Of Asia, Although The Centre From Whence, We Have Reason To Think, Mankind Originally Spread In All Directions, Has Undergone Such Frequent And Complete Changes, That We Have Scarcely Any Vestiges Of Its Very Ancient Edifices Left, And Even The Descriptions Of The ...
Of Piers
Of Piers. The Piers Of Most Of The Ancient Bridges In England Were Made Of Great Thickness, In Proportion To The Span Of The Arches Which They Sustained. In London Bridge Some Of Them Are Larger Than The Original Openings Of The Arches. These Piers Consisted Of Small Rubble Stone ...
Of Piers The
Of Piers. The Piers And Abutments Of A Bridge Must Be So Con Strucced, That Each Arch May Stand Independent Of Its Neighbours. For Though, By The Mutual Abutment Of Arch Against Arch, The Whole May Rest Upon Very Slender Piers, If Once The Structure Is Erected ; Yet, As ...
Of Population We
Of Population. We Have Defined Political Economy, As Being The In Vestigation Of The Means, By Which The Greatest Number Of Men In A Given State May Participate In The Highest De Gree Of Physical Happiness, So Far As It Depends On Govern Ment. Two Elements, Indeed, Must Always Be ...
Of Real And Personal
Of Real And Personal Estates. 1. The Objects Of Dominion Or Property Are Things, Which Are By The Law Of England Distributed Into Two Kinds ; Things Real, And Things Personal. Things Teal, Are Such As Are Permanent, Fixed, And Immoveable, Which Cannot Be Carried Out Of Their Place, As ...
Of Respiration
Of Respiration. In The More Perfect Animals, Or Those Which Are Fur Nished With The Greatest Number Of Distinct Organs, Respi Ration Is Almost As Essential To Their Existence As The Cir Culation Of The Blood. This Function Consists In The Alter Nate Reception And Emission Of Air Into And ...
Of Roman Architecture The
Of Roman Architecture. The Romans, Through Every Period Of Their History, From The First Inconsiderable Efforts Of Their Infant Tribes, To The Complete Establishment Of A Most Extensive Em Pire, Were Continually Engaged In Foreign Or Domestic Wars. The Principle Of Their Government Being At First Of A Popular Cast, ...
Of Secretion
Of Secretion. Tne Literal Meaning Of The Word Secretion, Is Separation ; And It Was Used Nearly In This Sense By The Older Physio Logists, Who Considered This Function To Consist Merely In The Separation From The Blood Of Certain Substances That Were Previously Contained In It. By The Moderns ...