The Atmosphere and Atmospherical PhenomenaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 16 sider |
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Side 53
... receiver , and the air exhausted , the animal will be at first oppressed as with a great weight , then grow convulsed , their bodies will swell , and if they are allowed to remain only for a few minutes , they inevitably die . Were we ...
... receiver , and the air exhausted , the animal will be at first oppressed as with a great weight , then grow convulsed , their bodies will swell , and if they are allowed to remain only for a few minutes , they inevitably die . Were we ...
Side 85
... receivers , inverted in water , introducing a sprig of mint into one of them , and keeping the other receiver , with the contaminated air in it , alone . He found , in about eight or nine days after , that the air of the receiver into ...
... receivers , inverted in water , introducing a sprig of mint into one of them , and keeping the other receiver , with the contaminated air in it , alone . He found , in about eight or nine days after , that the air of the receiver into ...
Side 87
... receiver of the air - pump , it will begin to boil as soon as the air is exhausted . It requires a heat of 212 ° of Fahrenheit's thermometer to make water boil under the common pressure of the atmo- sphere ; but in the exhausted receiver ...
... receiver of the air - pump , it will begin to boil as soon as the air is exhausted . It requires a heat of 212 ° of Fahrenheit's thermometer to make water boil under the common pressure of the atmo- sphere ; but in the exhausted receiver ...
Side 88
... receiver of an air - pump , and when the air is extracted it is instantly extin- guished . The act of combustion effects an analysis of the air ; it separates its component parts : the oxygen of the atmosphere combines with the 88 THE ...
... receiver of an air - pump , and when the air is extracted it is instantly extin- guished . The act of combustion effects an analysis of the air ; it separates its component parts : the oxygen of the atmosphere combines with the 88 THE ...
Side 99
... receiver of an air - pump ; let it be rung , and the sound will be heard at a considerable distance . Exhaust the air from the receiver , D 2 BENEFICIAL EFFECTS IN NATURE . 99.
... receiver of an air - pump ; let it be rung , and the sound will be heard at a considerable distance . Exhaust the air from the receiver , D 2 BENEFICIAL EFFECTS IN NATURE . 99.
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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...