Practical Education, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1801 - Education |
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acquired afferted affiftance affociated afked againſt amongſt anſwer arithmetick becauſe beft beſt camphor chil child circumftances claffical Condillac confequently confider converfation defire dren eafily eaſy Engliſh exerciſe experiments expreffions exprefs fafely faid falt fame fcience feel feem felected fenfe fenfibility fentence fentimental feve feven fhall fhew fimple firft firſt fituation fledge fociety fome fometimes fpeak fpirit fubject fuccefs fuch fufficient fuited fuperior fure fympathy grammar greateſt habits happineſs himſelf hiſtory ideas increaſe inftead inftruction intereft juſt knowledge language leffons lefs lever meaſure mechanical advantage ment mind moft moſt muft muſt neceffary obferve paffed paffions parents perceive perfon pleaſe pleaſure poffible praiſe preceptor prefent preferve pulley pupil fhould purpoſe raiſed reafon reprefented rope ſchool ſhall ſhe Silleri ſpace ſpeak ſtudy tafte taſte taught teach thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion ufually underſtanding uſeful whilft whofe word young
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Page 284 - Full in the midft of Euclid dip at once, " And petrify a genius to a dunce.
Page 289 - fails of having a numerous and attentive auditory, and if he does not communicate much of that knowledge which he endeavours to explain, it is not to be attributed either to his want of
Page 157 - his darling child, defign'd, <£ To thee he gave the heavenly birth, " And bade to form her infant mind.
Page 317 - of the Panorganon. As this machine is to be moved by the force of men or children, and as their -force varies not only with the ftrength and weight of each individual, but alfo according to the different manner in which that ftrength or weight is applied, it is, in the firft place,
Page 321 - contrary to that in which he walked before; viz. from 1 towards 3. Fig. 1. The height to which the weight afcends, and the diftance to which the boy advances, fhould be carefully marked and meafured; and it will be found, that he can raife the weight to the fame height, advancing through the fame fpace
Page 314 - but we- wifh to point out .a method of giving a general notion of the mechanical organs to our pupils, which fhall be immediately obvious to their comprehenfion, and which may ferve as a fure foundation for future improvement. We are told by a vulgar proverb, that though we believe what we
Page 334 - and he will find, that as it advances it will raife the weight upwards ; the wedge is five feet long, and elevated one foot. Now, if the perpendicular afcent of the weight, and the fpace through which he advances be compared, he will find that the fpace through which he has
Page 332 - has no motion on the ground, and that the middle has only half the motion of the top. This property of the pulley has been dwelt upon, becaufe it elucidates the motion of a wheel rolling upon the ground; and it explains a common paradox, which appears at
Page 163 - the glad dawn, and angels called me May. <' Space in her empty regions heard the found, " And hills and dales, and rocks and vallies rung;
Page 163 - Ah ! once to fame and bright dominion born, " The earth and fmiling ocean faw me rife, • " With time coeval, and the ftar of morn, " The firft, the faireft daughter of the