The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 1Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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... atmosphere to pass through , that any given number of them is spread over a much greater portion of the earth's surface where we live ; and therefore each point must then have fewer rays- than in summer , or when the sun is at a greater ...
... atmosphere to pass through , that any given number of them is spread over a much greater portion of the earth's surface where we live ; and therefore each point must then have fewer rays- than in summer , or when the sun is at a greater ...
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... by leafless woods , dejected wastes , and a frowning atmosphere . But while the incurious and inatten- tive mind perceives a dreary uniformity in all around , 8 The Contemplative Philosopher . NÓ . II , On Winds and Storms.
... by leafless woods , dejected wastes , and a frowning atmosphere . But while the incurious and inatten- tive mind perceives a dreary uniformity in all around , 8 The Contemplative Philosopher . NÓ . II , On Winds and Storms.
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... atmosphere is heated over one part of the earth more than over another , the warmer air , in this case , being rarefied , be- comes specifically lighter than the rest . It is therefore overpoised by it , and raised upward ; the upper ...
... atmosphere is heated over one part of the earth more than over another , the warmer air , in this case , being rarefied , be- comes specifically lighter than the rest . It is therefore overpoised by it , and raised upward ; the upper ...
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... atmosphere . The snow we receive may , properly enough , be ascribed to the coldness of the atmos- phere through which it falls . When the atmos- phere is warm enough to dissolve the snow , before it arrives to us , we call it rain ; if ...
... atmosphere . The snow we receive may , properly enough , be ascribed to the coldness of the atmos- phere through which it falls . When the atmos- phere is warm enough to dissolve the snow , before it arrives to us , we call it rain ; if ...
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... atmosphere , the spark , instead of passing through a mixture of hydrogenous and oxygenous gas , as in our climate , passes through a mixture of oxy- 1 Captain Monk , who wintered on the shore of Hud- son's Bay , in the year 1619 ...
... atmosphere , the spark , instead of passing through a mixture of hydrogenous and oxygenous gas , as in our climate , passes through a mixture of oxy- 1 Captain Monk , who wintered on the shore of Hud- son's Bay , in the year 1619 ...
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