Chapter XXIX

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

for the reason that

From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

not any; not one

From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

the main matter or purpose being discussed

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading THE STEAM-ENGINE.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

wealth or financial means

From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE STEAM-ENGINE.

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

Having little thickness or extent.

From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading If a cold horse-shoe nail is applied to a thin dry slice of phosphorus laid on a sheet of paper, no combustion of the phosphorus ensues, because the temperature of the iron is not sufficiently high to affect that combustible substance; but if the horse-shoe nail is vigorously hammered on an anvil, the particles of the metal are brought closer together, and if it is applied to the phosphorus, so much heat has been generated, thrust or squeezed out by the hammering or _condensation_ of the iron, that it is now sufficiently warm to set fire to it.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

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From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

at the time that

From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

an old and formal word for “while”

From this reading The subject of steam and the steam engine is not one that could be thoroughly treated of in the narrow space allowed in this volume, but enough may be said to give some instruction and to impart common principles, whilst the minute details are better examined and learnt in the works of Bourne, Rankine, and other authors who devote themselves specially to the important commercial question of steam.

which person or people

From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading The first truth to be comprehended is, that all matter contains within its substance the power of creating heat--or as it may be expressed more plainly, solids, fluids, and gases contain what is termed _latent_ or insensible heat, in contradistinction to the heat which is apparent when we touch a vessel containing warm water or approach a cheerful fire; this latter is termed _sensible_ heat, and has formed the subject of the preceding chapters.

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From this reading It must be apparent to those who read popular works on science, that they possess, at all events, one point of utility--viz., that they are _indicative_ of the various subjects that may be selected in science for special, searching and exhaustive study.