The Atmosphere and Atmospherical PhenomenaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 16 sider |
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Side 11
... mountains and vales ; could we wing our flight beyond the denser regions of the atmosphere into those places where fire - balls and shooting - stars have their origin , and where the aurora borealis displays its fantastic coruscations ...
... mountains and vales ; could we wing our flight beyond the denser regions of the atmosphere into those places where fire - balls and shooting - stars have their origin , and where the aurora borealis displays its fantastic coruscations ...
Side 28
... mountain tops . Every one then feels the effect , by a certain degree of lassitude and depression of spirits , occasioned by the surrounding gloom , and by being de- prived of an atmospheric pressure amounting to more than 2,000 pounds ...
... mountain tops . Every one then feels the effect , by a certain degree of lassitude and depression of spirits , occasioned by the surrounding gloom , and by being de- prived of an atmospheric pressure amounting to more than 2,000 pounds ...
Side 30
... mountain only half a mile in per- pendicular elevation , the mercury falls from thirty to twenty - seven inches ; and ... mountains know , by expe- rience , that the air is much thinner in those regions than in the plains below . Their ...
... mountain only half a mile in per- pendicular elevation , the mercury falls from thirty to twenty - seven inches ; and ... mountains know , by expe- rience , that the air is much thinner in those regions than in the plains below . Their ...
Side 31
Thomas Dick. Peru , " the clouds , which were gathered below the mountain's brow , appeared like a tempestu- ous ocean , all dashing and foaming , while the lightnings were breaking through the waves , and the thunders rolling beneath ...
Thomas Dick. Peru , " the clouds , which were gathered below the mountain's brow , appeared like a tempestu- ous ocean , all dashing and foaming , while the lightnings were breaking through the waves , and the thunders rolling beneath ...
Side 46
... mountain on our loins , it acts like wings to our feet , or like sinews to our limbs . When a flat bottle is empty , and laid on its side , we might imagine that the weight of the air would break it to pieces ; but the air which is ...
... mountain on our loins , it acts like wings to our feet , or like sinews to our limbs . When a flat bottle is empty , and laid on its side , we might imagine that the weight of the air would break it to pieces ; but the air which is ...
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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...