The Atmosphere and Atmospherical PhenomenaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 16 halaman |
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Halaman iii
... common bellows shows the materiality of air - Its waves frequently become an object of sight - CHAPTER II . page 15 The weight and pressure of the atmosphere , and the quantity of matter it contains - Comparative weight of air and water ...
... common bellows shows the materiality of air - Its waves frequently become an object of sight - CHAPTER II . page 15 The weight and pressure of the atmosphere , and the quantity of matter it contains - Comparative weight of air and water ...
Halaman 14
... common atmospherical air is composed . VII . To illustrate its beneficial effects in the system of nature . VIII . To exhibit the evidences which its con- stitution affords of the wisdom and benevolence of the Creator . CHAPTER I. Air ...
... common atmospherical air is composed . VII . To illustrate its beneficial effects in the system of nature . VIII . To exhibit the evidences which its con- stitution affords of the wisdom and benevolence of the Creator . CHAPTER I. Air ...
Halaman 17
... common bellows , and , after having opened them , if we shut up the nozzle and valve - hole , and try to bring the boards together , we shall find it impossible . There is something included that prevents this , in the same manner as if ...
... common bellows , and , after having opened them , if we shut up the nozzle and valve - hole , and try to bring the boards together , we shall find it impossible . There is something included that prevents this , in the same manner as if ...
Halaman 21
... common baro- meter . The tube of the barometer is filled with quicksilver , or mercury ; it then stands in a bason of quicksilver , is connected with a ball containing quicksilver , on the surface of which the atmosphere presses , and ...
... common baro- meter . The tube of the barometer is filled with quicksilver , or mercury ; it then stands in a bason of quicksilver , is connected with a ball containing quicksilver , on the surface of which the atmosphere presses , and ...
Halaman 24
... common pump , perceived , when they had made the attempt , that the pump refused its assistance , when the water was to be raised above thirty - two feet . They communicated the circumstance to Galileo , an eminent philo- sopher of that ...
... common pump , perceived , when they had made the attempt , that the pump refused its assistance , when the water was to be raised above thirty - two feet . They communicated the circumstance to Galileo , an eminent philo- sopher of that ...
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Halaman 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.
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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.
Halaman 8 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Halaman 191 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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...