10 BÜCHER, DIE MIT «WEATHERGLASS» IM ZUSAMMENHANG STEHEN
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weatherglass in der folgenden bibliographischen Auswahl. Bücher, die mit
weatherglass im Zusammenhang stehen und kurze Auszüge derselben, um seinen Gebrauch in der Literatur kontextbezogen darzustellen.
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Philosophies of Technology: Francis Bacon and His Contemporaries
Fludd considered the four winds as the instrument with which God acted on the
sublunary world.182 In this context, the weatherglass not only demonstrated the
origin of winds, but also embodied all correspondences between microcosmos ...
2 Mr. Barne'a Anemone, 4 yrs., 8st. 81b. (E. Shsrp) . . . . . . 3 Mr. Fereby's ch. f.
Adelaide, by Trap, out of Australia, 3 yrs., fist. 31b. (Long) . . 4 5 to 4 against
Barbarity, 2 to 1 against Weatherglass, and 5 to 1 against Anemone. Won by two
lengths, ...
3
The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.
131b. (J. Roberts) ., .. 2 Mr. Barne'a Anemone, 4 yra., 8at. 81b. (E. Sharp) , , . , . . 3
Mr. Fereby's ch. f. Adelaide, by Trap, out of Australia, 3 yrs., 6at. 31b. (Long) 4 5 to
4 against Barbarity, 2 to 1 against Weatherglass, and 5 to 1 against Aucmonc.
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THE MONTHLY REVIEW, FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE.
said the Weatherglass; " I never knew you keep one a minute together!" " That 's
my misfortune," said the Weathercock ; " but yesterday evening I engaged myself
to Miss Zephyr, and went south about to meet her. I had not been with her for ...
5
The Anti-Pirate Potato Cannon: And 101 Other Things for ...
weatherglass is a simple type of barometer that was first made in Holland during
the 16th century and remained in use on land and in ships until the 20th century.
The classic weath- erglass is a glass pitcher-shaped object partially filled with ...
David Seidman, Jeff Hemmel, 2010
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The Female Thermometer : Eighteenth-Century Culture and the ...
Like a Newtonian gravitational force, the female body acted across the ether,
attracting and elongating the mercurial fluids in the weatherglass tube. In such
situations, however, the "dear instrument" (to borrow John Cleland's language)
was ...
Terry Castle Professor of English Stanford University, 1995
7
Racing Calendar for ...
(5 Subscribers) was won, at two heats, by Mr Weatherglass's ch. f. Ginger, 4 yrs
old, list. 12ft. beating two others. TUESDAY.— The Ironmasters' Hurdle Stakes of
3 sovs each, with 20 added, the second reed back his Stake. — Heats, twice ...
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Robert Hooke and the Rebuilding of London
... andset ready before I went up) a large weatherglass (which moved by the
rarefaction and condensation of theair only, which I had likewise marked and
stopped) and asealed thermometer, which Ihad likewise marked. After these
were drawn ...
9
Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Johnson (Illustrated):
Weatherglass very high. Ditto,Ten.Ordered my horse, androde tothe fivemile
stone on the Newmarketroad. Appetite gets better.Apack of hounds, infull cry,
crossed theroad, and startled my horse. Ditto, Twelve. Drest. Found a letter on my
table ...
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School Science and Mathematics
In Titius' Oddities of Nature it is several times mentioned that, 1709,
measurements of temperature were made "with the weatherglass of Fahrenheit,
famous in Danzig on account of its accuracy, and in use as early as 1709. "u
Further, he says ...
5 NACHRICHTEN, IN DENEN DER BEGRIFF «WEATHERGLASS» VORKOMMT
Erfahre, worüber man in den einheimischen und internationalen Medien spricht und wie der Begriff
weatherglass im Kontext der folgenden Nachrichten gebraucht wird.
Renewing Old Friendships at the Peel Traditional Boat Weekend
... which included a range of entertainment along the quayside and the popular Quick and Dirty Boat Building Competition at the tongue, opposite Weatherglass ... «isleofman.com, Aug 15»
Powers of the poor man's weatherglass
This native wild plant has such responsive flowers that it used to be called the poor man's weatherglass, or shepherd's barometer. Its shy flowers open when the ... «Malton and Pickering Mercury, Jul 15»
Jane Alexiadis: Pre-smartphone weather indicators
My brother Bob lives on Cape Cod, where a weatherglass -- a sealed teardrop-shaped glass bottle with a narrow spout, open at the end -- hangs in his front hall. «San Jose Mercury News, Nov 14»
Flowers to set your watch by
Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) is a nice enough name, but even better is old man's weathervane, or poor man's weatherglass. Scarlet pimpernel flowers ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 12»
Lies no more, China's economy in crisis
The “weatherglass” stock market is experiencing sharp drops, a sign that China's economy is facing difficulties. Last year for example China listed companies ... «AsiaNews.it, Sep 08»
