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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... substances which are generated . These vapours are carried towards the south where the air is most dilated , so that they approach more and more towards the spec- tator ; and it is probable their motion may be assisted by a north wind ...
... substances which are generated . These vapours are carried towards the south where the air is most dilated , so that they approach more and more towards the spec- tator ; and it is probable their motion may be assisted by a north wind ...
Pagina 35
... substance has fallen , grounded in twenty - four fathoms water , and spired above the surface fifty feet . Similar icebergs are common in all the arctic regions ; and to their lapses is owing the solid mountainous ice which infests ...
... substance has fallen , grounded in twenty - four fathoms water , and spired above the surface fifty feet . Similar icebergs are common in all the arctic regions ; and to their lapses is owing the solid mountainous ice which infests ...
Pagina 51
... substances , is beyond the reach of all our discoveries , but his attributes appear clearly in his admirable works . We know that the highest conceptions we are able to form of them are still beneath his real perfections ; but his ...
... substances , is beyond the reach of all our discoveries , but his attributes appear clearly in his admirable works . We know that the highest conceptions we are able to form of them are still beneath his real perfections ; but his ...
Pagina 73
... substance from other celestial bodies . Others believed them to be fiery meteors , generated of bituminous exhalations from our terraqueous globe , which , being elevated to the higher regions of the atmosphere , were there set on fire ...
... substance from other celestial bodies . Others believed them to be fiery meteors , generated of bituminous exhalations from our terraqueous globe , which , being elevated to the higher regions of the atmosphere , were there set on fire ...
Pagina 77
... substance , which , in all positions of the comet , and whatever be the direction of its mo- tion , whether toward or from the sun , is thrown off from its dark hemisphere , in a direction oppo- site to the sun , a short time before and ...
... substance , which , in all positions of the comet , and whatever be the direction of its mo- tion , whether toward or from the sun , is thrown off from its dark hemisphere , in a direction oppo- site to the sun , a short time before and ...
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