Readings in Natural Philosophy: Or, A Popular Display of the Wonders of Nature ...Whittaker, Treacher & Company, 1830 - 700 oldal |
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... miles they destroyed all the trees of the country . There appeared innumerable little holes in the ground , out of which they broke forth in the form of maggots , which turned into flies , with a kind of tail or sting , which they ...
... miles they destroyed all the trees of the country . There appeared innumerable little holes in the ground , out of which they broke forth in the form of maggots , which turned into flies , with a kind of tail or sting , which they ...
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... miles beneath the Old Mouth ; and 10 miles from Catania . At first it was reported to ad- vance three miles in 24 hours ; but April 5. it scarce moved after the rate of a furlong a day ; and at this degree of progress it continued for ...
... miles beneath the Old Mouth ; and 10 miles from Catania . At first it was reported to ad- vance three miles in 24 hours ; but April 5. it scarce moved after the rate of a furlong a day ; and at this degree of progress it continued for ...
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... miles , ex- tending along the river towards Liege ; and near Maestricht having in breadth some half or three quarters of a mile , but more farther off . This quarry has one entry towards the river , where carts can pass with great ease ...
... miles , ex- tending along the river towards Liege ; and near Maestricht having in breadth some half or three quarters of a mile , but more farther off . This quarry has one entry towards the river , where carts can pass with great ease ...
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... miles long , and two miles broad . If a reservoir were made of this size , it would be six leagues square in surface , which being reduced to fathoms , it would , according to the measure above mentioned , make 314 millions of fathoms ...
... miles long , and two miles broad . If a reservoir were made of this size , it would be six leagues square in surface , which being reduced to fathoms , it would , according to the measure above mentioned , make 314 millions of fathoms ...
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... miles from this , on the south - west part of Mendip - hills , near a place called Ched- der , famous for cheese ; from this place you may pass up a narrow valley about a mile in length , being bounded with precipitous rocks on the east ...
... miles from this , on the south - west part of Mendip - hills , near a place called Ched- der , famous for cheese ; from this place you may pass up a narrow valley about a mile in length , being bounded with precipitous rocks on the east ...
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Readings in Natural Philosophy: Or, a Popular Display of the Wonders of Nature Richard Phillips Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2020 |
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155. oldal - 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.
255. oldal - 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.
255. oldal - ... 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...
491. oldal - ... 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.
33. oldal - 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...
555. oldal - 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...
491. oldal - 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...
357. oldal - 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...
256. oldal - Epsom Downs, and observing a large prospect, he was exceedingly delighted with it, and called it a new kind of seeing.
555. oldal - 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...