The Atmosphere and Atmospherical PhenomenaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 16 sider |
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Side iii
... bodies passing through it- It excludes all other bodies from the place it occupies -A common bellows shows the ... body of a man - This pressure varies- Weight of the whole atmosphere - Air decreases in density as we ascend to the ...
... bodies passing through it- It excludes all other bodies from the place it occupies -A common bellows shows the ... body of a man - This pressure varies- Weight of the whole atmosphere - Air decreases in density as we ascend to the ...
Side iv
... body - How our dwellings are prevented from being crushed to atoms - Wisdom and benevolence of the Divine Being in such opera- tions • · CHAPTER IV . page 37 The elasticity of the air , and the phenomena it explains-- Important purposes ...
... body - How our dwellings are prevented from being crushed to atoms - Wisdom and benevolence of the Divine Being in such opera- tions • · CHAPTER IV . page 37 The elasticity of the air , and the phenomena it explains-- Important purposes ...
Side 9
... body of an animal a thousand times less than a mite - the adaptation of all these contrivances to the pur- poses of life , motion , and enjoyment , and their correspondence to the surrounding elements in which such creatures pass their ...
... body of an animal a thousand times less than a mite - the adaptation of all these contrivances to the pur- poses of life , motion , and enjoyment , and their correspondence to the surrounding elements in which such creatures pass their ...
Side 11
... stars have their origin , and where the aurora borealis displays its fantastic coruscations ; could we ascend to the ethereal spaces which intervene between us and the celestial bodies , and investigate those apparently INTRODUCTION . 11.
... stars have their origin , and where the aurora borealis displays its fantastic coruscations ; could we ascend to the ethereal spaces which intervene between us and the celestial bodies , and investigate those apparently INTRODUCTION . 11.
Side 12
... body of air , vapours , electric fluid , and other substances which surrounds the earth to a certain height . " This mass of fluid matter gravitates towards the earth , presses upon its surface with a certain force , revolves with it in ...
... body of air , vapours , electric fluid , and other substances which surrounds the earth to a certain height . " This mass of fluid matter gravitates towards the earth , presses upon its surface with a certain force , revolves with it in ...
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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 8 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Side 191 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...