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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... moving wilderness of waves , From pole to pole through boundless space diffused , Magnificently dreadful ! MALLET . Virgil , in the first book of his Æneid , gives the description of a storm , which , as Mr. Spence ob- serves , probably ...
... moving wilderness of waves , From pole to pole through boundless space diffused , Magnificently dreadful ! MALLET . Virgil , in the first book of his Æneid , gives the description of a storm , which , as Mr. Spence ob- serves , probably ...
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... move toward the plate . Again , if the ambient water be warmed , and the plate filled with cold water , let the smoking wick of the candle be held over the plate , and the very reverse will happen . Under the equator , the wind is ...
... move toward the plate . Again , if the ambient water be warmed , and the plate filled with cold water , let the smoking wick of the candle be held over the plate , and the very reverse will happen . Under the equator , the wind is ...
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... moves the contrary way ; and , therefore , after it has reached these limits , and meets with air , that has little or no tendency to any one point more than to another , it will determine this air to move in the same direction with ...
... moves the contrary way ; and , therefore , after it has reached these limits , and meets with air , that has little or no tendency to any one point more than to another , it will determine this air to move in the same direction with ...
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... move toward any fixed point , is continually shifting from place to place , in order to restore the equilibrium , wherever it is destroyed ; whether by the heat of the sun ; the rising of vapours , or exhalations ; the falling of great ...
... move toward any fixed point , is continually shifting from place to place , in order to restore the equilibrium , wherever it is destroyed ; whether by the heat of the sun ; the rising of vapours , or exhalations ; the falling of great ...
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... move slowly and majestically . They often fix , for a time , immoveable by the power of the ocean , and then produce , near the horizon , that bright white appearance , called by mariners the blink of the ice . The approximation of two ...
... move slowly and majestically . They often fix , for a time , immoveable by the power of the ocean , and then produce , near the horizon , that bright white appearance , called by mariners the blink of the ice . The approximation of two ...
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