Readings in Natural Philosophy: Or, A Popular Display of the Wonders of Nature ...Whittaker, Treacher & Company, 1830 - 700 páginas |
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... least not being able to discern any : for I think the reputed inhabitants of the moon might see our twilight , since it is much stronger than the light afforded us by the moon , even when full ; for a little after sun - set , when we ...
... least not being able to discern any : for I think the reputed inhabitants of the moon might see our twilight , since it is much stronger than the light afforded us by the moon , even when full ; for a little after sun - set , when we ...
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... least circle , intersecting the greatest circle at its two extremities hn . In this circle were discerned also the colours of a rainbow , but they were not so strong as those of the second . At the part where the circumference of this ...
... least circle , intersecting the greatest circle at its two extremities hn . In this circle were discerned also the colours of a rainbow , but they were not so strong as those of the second . At the part where the circumference of this ...
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... least connexion with , the sea's flux and reflux , that it would seem very unreasonable to separate the consideration of the moon's motion from that of the sea : the periods of tides , to say nothing of the greatness of them near the ...
... least connexion with , the sea's flux and reflux , that it would seem very unreasonable to separate the consideration of the moon's motion from that of the sea : the periods of tides , to say nothing of the greatness of them near the ...
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... least both by some common cause . But the first that I know who took in the consideration of the earth's motion , diurnal and annual , was Galilæo , who , in his System of the World , has a particular discourse on this subject ; which ...
... least both by some common cause . But the first that I know who took in the consideration of the earth's motion , diurnal and annual , was Galilæo , who , in his System of the World , has a particular discourse on this subject ; which ...
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... least motion in any part of the little crea- ture , the reason of which may perhaps be the weakness of their fibres ; for after a little more time , when they begin to be brownish , they have strength to stir all their parts . At last I ...
... least motion in any part of the little crea- ture , the reason of which may perhaps be the weakness of their fibres ; for after a little more time , when they begin to be brownish , they have strength to stir all their parts . At last I ...
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Página 155 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Página 255 - One particular only (though it may appear trifling) I will relate. Having often forgot which was the cat, and which the dog, he was ashamed to ask ; but catching the cat (which he knew by feeling) he was observed to look at her steadfastly, and then setting her down, said, so puss ! I shall know you another time.
Página 255 - ... he could form no judgment of their shape, or guess what it was in any object that was pleasing to him. He knew not the shape of any thing, nor any one thing from another, however different in shape or magnitude ; but upon being told what things were, whose form he before knew from feeling, he would carefully observe, that he might know them again...
Página 491 - ... its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the nest. It remained in this situation a short time, feeling about with the extremities of its wings, as if to be convinced whether the business was properly executed, and then dropped into the nest again.
Página 33 - Prisme at the window, so that the light might pass through a small hole, made in it for the purpose, and fall on the other board, which I placed at about 12...
Página 555 - By meditating on the results of all these experiments, we are naturally brought to that great question which has so often been the subject of speculation among philosophers, namely, What is heat — is there any such thing as an igneous fluid ? Is there anything that...
Página 491 - It remained in this situation a short time, feeling about with the extremities of its wings, as if to be convinced whether the business was properly executed, and then dropped into the nest again. With these (the extremities of its wings) I have often seen it examine, as it were, an egg and nestling before it began its operations; and the nice sensibility which these parts appeared to possess seemed sufficiently to compensate the want of sight, which as yet it was destitute of. I afterwards put in...
Página 357 - AS frequent mention is made in public papers from Europe of the success of the Philadelphia experiment for drawing the electric fire from clouds by means of pointed rods of iron erected on high buildings...
Página 256 - Epsom Downs, and observing a large prospect, he was exceedingly delighted with it, and called it a new kind of seeing.
Página 555 - It is hardly necessary to add, that anything which any insulated body, or system of bodies, can continue to furnish 'without limitation, cannot possibly be a material substance; and it appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of...