Synopsis :
PREFACE Amoxg the Nations that came within the purview of the Old Testament Writers-nations seldom mentioned without stricture, whether for idolatry, immorality, or cruelty-perhaps none were the object of so concentrated an aversion as were the Philistines. The licentiousness of the Amorites. the hard-heartedness of the Egyptian taskmasters, the fiendish savagery of the Assyrian warriors, each of these in turn receives its due share of condemnation. But the scornful judgement passed by the Hebrews on the Philistines has made a much deeper impression on the Bible-reading West than have their fulminations against other races and communities with which they had to do. In English, from at least the time of Dekker,1 the word * Philistine' has been used in one or other of the senses of the modern colloquialism ' outsider'; and, especially since the publication of the essays of Mr. Matthew Arnold, it has become almost a technical term for a person boorish or bucolic of mind, impervious to
Table of Contents
INDEX; Mow to Work with a Spectroscope ; The Miniature Spectroscope ; The Rain-band Spectroscope; How to Use a Direct-Vision Spectroscope; Browning's New Miniature Spectroscope, with Micrometer ; The Student's Spectroscope ; The Model Spectroscope ; How to Use the Student's, the Model, and the Chemical Spectroscope How to Obtain the Bright Lines in the Spectrum given by any Substance To Take the Refractive Index or Dispersive Power Browning's Universal Automatic Spectroscope How to Use an Automatic Spectroscope Browning's Automatic Solar Spectroscope ; How to Use a Solar Spectroscope ; The Star Spectroscope; The Amateur's Star Spectroscope ; How to Use a Star Spectroscope McClean's New Star Spectroscope How to Use McClean's Star Spectroscope How to Use McClean's Universal Spectroscope The Induction Coil Browning's S
Présentation de l'éditeur:
PREFACE Amoxg the Nations that came within the purview of the Old Testament Writers-nations seldom mentioned without stricture, whether for idolatry, immorality, or cruelty-perhaps none were the object of so concentrated an aversion as were the Philistines. The licentiousness of the Amorites. the hard-heartedness of the Egyptian taskmasters, the fiendish savagery of the Assyrian warriors, each of these in turn receives its due share of condemnation. But the scornful judgement passed by the Hebrews on the Philistines has made a much deeper impression on the Bible-reading West than have their fulminations against other races and communities with which they had to do. In English, from at least the time of Dekker,1 the word * Philistine' has been used in one or other of the senses of the modern colloquialism ' outsider'; and, especially since the publication of the essays of Mr. Matthew Arnold, it has become almost a technical term for a person boorish or bucolic of mind, impervious to
Table of Contents
INDEX; Mow to Work with a Spectroscope ; The Miniature Spectroscope ; The Rain-band Spectroscope; How to Use a Direct-Vision Spectroscope; Browning's New Miniature Spectroscope, with Micrometer ; The Student's Spectroscope ; The Model Spectroscope ; How to Use the Student's, the Model, and the Chemical Spectroscope How to Obtain the Bright Lines in the Spectrum given by any Substance To Take the Refractive Index or Dispersive Power Browning's Universal Automatic Spectroscope How to Use an Automatic Spectroscope Browning's Automatic Solar Spectroscope ; How to Use a Solar Spectroscope ; The Star Spectroscope; The Amateur's Star Spectroscope ; How to Use a Star Spectroscope McClean's New Star Spectroscope How to Use McClean's Star Spectroscope How to Use McClean's Universal Spectroscope The Induction Coil Browning's S
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