The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volumul 1Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 |
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Pagina 11
... move toward the plate . Again , if the ambient water be warmed , and the plate filled with cold water , let the smoking wick of the candle be held over the plate , and the very reverse will happen . Under the equator , the wind is ...
... move toward the plate . Again , if the ambient water be warmed , and the plate filled with cold water , let the smoking wick of the candle be held over the plate , and the very reverse will happen . Under the equator , the wind is ...
Pagina 13
... move in the same direction with itself . In our own climate we frequently experience , in calm weather , gentle breezes blowing from the sea to the land , in the heat of the day ; which pheno- menon is very agreeable to the principle ...
... move in the same direction with itself . In our own climate we frequently experience , in calm weather , gentle breezes blowing from the sea to the land , in the heat of the day ; which pheno- menon is very agreeable to the principle ...
Pagina 14
... move toward any fixed point , is continually shifting from place to place , in order to restore the equilibrium , wherever it is destroyed ; whether by the heat of the sun ; the rising of vapours , or exhalations ; the falling of great ...
... move toward any fixed point , is continually shifting from place to place , in order to restore the equilibrium , wherever it is destroyed ; whether by the heat of the sun ; the rising of vapours , or exhalations ; the falling of great ...
Pagina 33
... move slowly and majestically . They often fix , for a time , immoveable by the power of the ocean , and then produce , near the horizon , that bright white appearance , called by mariners the blink of the ice . The approximation of two ...
... move slowly and majestically . They often fix , for a time , immoveable by the power of the ocean , and then produce , near the horizon , that bright white appearance , called by mariners the blink of the ice . The approximation of two ...
Pagina 49
... move , from west to east , in orbits nearly circular , almost in the same plane ; nor could this power have projected the comets with all the variety of their directions . If we sup- pose the matter of the system to be accumulated in ...
... move , from west to east , in orbits nearly circular , almost in the same plane ; nor could this power have projected the comets with all the variety of their directions . If we sup- pose the matter of the system to be accumulated in ...
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