Readings in Natural Philosophy: Or, A Popular Display of the Wonders of Nature ...Whittaker, Treacher & Company, 1830 - 700 páginas |
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... mountains . By Sir Paul Ricaut , F. R.S. 146 On the cures performed by Mr. Greatrix , the stroker . By Mr. Thoresby Beds of oyster - shells found near Reading , in Berkshire . By Dr. James Brewer An account of giants . Thomas Molyneux ...
... mountains . By Sir Paul Ricaut , F. R.S. 146 On the cures performed by Mr. Greatrix , the stroker . By Mr. Thoresby Beds of oyster - shells found near Reading , in Berkshire . By Dr. James Brewer An account of giants . Thomas Molyneux ...
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... mountains of Switzerland . By William Bur- net , Esq . ib . Experiments on metals , made with the burning - glass of the Duke of Orleans . By Mons . Geoffroy , · · · 202 205 206 F.R.S. Microscopical observations on the particles of ...
... mountains of Switzerland . By William Bur- net , Esq . ib . Experiments on metals , made with the burning - glass of the Duke of Orleans . By Mons . Geoffroy , · · · 202 205 206 F.R.S. Microscopical observations on the particles of ...
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... mountains there , on March 877 19. 1755 An essay towards ascertaining the specific gravity ofliving men . By Mr. John Robertson , F. R. S. 379 On polypes , fossils , & c . On the impressions of plants on the slates of coals . By Mr ...
... mountains there , on March 877 19. 1755 An essay towards ascertaining the specific gravity ofliving men . By Mr. John Robertson , F. R. S. 379 On polypes , fossils , & c . On the impressions of plants on the slates of coals . By Mr ...
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... mountain Schehallien , for finding its at- traction . By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne , B.D. F.R.S. and astronomer royal ... mountains of the moon . By Mr. Herschel 474 A storm of lightning at East Bourn , Sept. 17. 1780 475 Account of the ...
... mountain Schehallien , for finding its at- traction . By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne , B.D. F.R.S. and astronomer royal ... mountains of the moon . By Mr. Herschel 474 A storm of lightning at East Bourn , Sept. 17. 1780 475 Account of the ...
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... mountains , and their height ; and whether they lie scattered or in ridges , and in what directions they run , & c . What promontories , fiery or smoking hills , & c . What the magnetical declination is in several places , and the ...
... mountains , and their height ; and whether they lie scattered or in ridges , and in what directions they run , & c . What promontories , fiery or smoking hills , & c . What the magnetical declination is in several places , and the ...
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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...