The Atmosphere and Atmospherical PhenomenaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 16 страници |
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... feet , joints , claws , wings , and movements-- the numberless contrivances which enter into their construction and functions - the thousands of adjustments , adaptations , borings , claspings , and polishings , which enter into the ...
... feet , joints , claws , wings , and movements-- the numberless contrivances which enter into their construction and functions - the thousands of adjustments , adaptations , borings , claspings , and polishings , which enter into the ...
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... feet diameter and stand on the top of a high stair , or a building , twenty or thirty feet CHAPTER page.
... feet diameter and stand on the top of a high stair , or a building , twenty or thirty feet CHAPTER page.
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Thomas Dick. stair , or a building , twenty or thirty feet high , we might jump from such a position , while we hold it fully stretched , and gradually descend to the ground without violence or injury . It is on this principle that the ...
Thomas Dick. stair , or a building , twenty or thirty feet high , we might jump from such a position , while we hold it fully stretched , and gradually descend to the ground without violence or injury . It is on this principle that the ...
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... feet long , open at one end , and hermetically sealed at the other : fill it with quicksilver , putting the finger upon the open end , turn that end downwards , and immerse it in a small vessel of quicksilver , without admitting any air ...
... feet long , open at one end , and hermetically sealed at the other : fill it with quicksilver , putting the finger upon the open end , turn that end downwards , and immerse it in a small vessel of quicksilver , without admitting any air ...
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... feet long ; and then it would be found , that the water in the tube would be supported by the atmospheric pressure to the height of thirty - two or thirty - three feet . This costly experiment , which has been seldom repeated , was ...
... feet long ; and then it would be found , that the water in the tube would be supported by the atmospheric pressure to the height of thirty - two or thirty - three feet . This costly experiment , which has been seldom repeated , was ...
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Страница 191 - LORD, how manifold are Thy works ! in wisdom hast Thou made them all ; the earth is full of Thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Страница 145 - Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain ? or can the heavens give showers ? art not thou he, O Lord our God ? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
Страница 44 - This will cause the air at the equator to stand more than seven miles higher from the surface of the earth to the top of the atmosphere than at the north pole.
Страница 8 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Страница 191 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Страница 145 - Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen ; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
Страница 145 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Страница 79 - They shall not build, and another inhabit: they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Страница 191 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is the sum of them. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Страница 69 - This was succeeded by a laugh which was involuntary, but highly pleasurable, accompanied by a peculiar thrilling in the extremities— a sensation perfectly new and delightful. For many hours after this experiment, he imagined that his taste and smell were more acute, and is certain that he felt unusually strong and cheerful. In a second experiment, he felt pleasure still superior, and has since poetically remarked that he supposes the atmosphere of the highest of all possible heavens to be composed...