The Religious Philosopher Or, The Right Use of Contemplating the Works of the Creator ... : the Second Volume ...

M. Senex ... W. Innys, T. Longman and T. Shewel, 1745 - 749 páginas

CONTENTS	365

Beasts or Cattle are Kitchens for the Grass Sect IV Convictions from the foregoing Obfervations	366

Sec V and VI The Airs Elaftick Faculty	371

The Miftakes of fome Atheiſts	373

The great Abundance and Superfluity	378

The prodigious Preffure of the Air upon	379

The Difference between the Gravity	386

Experiments to shew that living	399

Convictions from thence	562

The Earth feems to be renderd loathfome by Filth and Naftiness	563

Such Loathfomness prevented and Con victions from thence Sect XII The Circulation of almost all things from Earth to Earth and Convictions from t...	565

Several Texts of Scripture proving the fame and Convictions from the whole	566

An Experiment about distilled Earth	568

The Earth produces Inftruments appli cable to the rendering itself more useful	569

Of Alchymifts and an Explanation of the Texts Exod xxxii 20 Deut ix 21 about Gold	570

Gold may be burnt and reduced to Duft Sect XVIII About Precious Stones Sect XIX Atheistical Objections answered	574

The Elaftic Faculty of the Air is	402

Convictions from the foregoing	409

Page	415

a 2	417

Sect XI and XII Several Experiments proving	422

Wind and its Uſefulneſs and Convicti	435

The Fifth Experiment by burning ful	448

The Seventh Experiment the	451

Page	465

Convictions from the foregoing Obfervations	471

That living Creatures Plants Minerals	474

Three Confequences from the last Expe	482

How Vapours float in the	489

If the Earth were mathematically	495

Mountains ferve to collect watry	496

Secondly Vapours are collected	502

Vapours fufficient to produce Rivers	510

Objections answered	518

The Wonders of the Nile	521

Rivers require Place wherein to	528

The Force of the Sea in bearing Burdens	534

The Circulation of Waters preferves	540

The SeaWeed the ſupport of Dykes	547

Page	553

Different Productions and Powers from the fame Earth	556

Convictions from the foregoing Obfervations Sect VII Earth is never confumed nor becomes entirely barren Sect VIII An Experiment proving that A...	561

About the Loadftone Sect XXI When the Virtue of the Loadstone was difcoverd	577

The Roundness of the Earth Sect XXIII The whole Earth is a flattifh Bowl Sect XXIV The Gravity of all Earthly Bodies	582

Sect XXV and XXVI The Center of the Earth is a Nothing	583

The Globe of the Earth keeps the fame Obliquity	586

Convictions from thence	588

The Earth remains above the Water notwithstanding its greater Gravity	589

Concerning the Torrid Zone Sect XXXII The Torrid Zone inhabitable by the Means of Mountains	590

The Inundation of Rivers do like wife render the Torrid Zone habitable	592

Convictions from thence Sect XXXV Concerning the Temperate Zones	595

The Chriftian Religion is no Art of Politicians	597

Atheists differ from the wifeft	599

Concerning the Frigid Zones Sect XL The Impoffibility of approaching the Poles	600

Page	602

Convictions from thence	604

It is still uncertain what Fire is Sect V The first Notion concerning Fire Sect VI The fecond Notion Fire feems to be a particular Matter	605

The first Reason for the abovefaid Opinion Sect VIII The fecond Reafon and an Experiment Sect IX The third Reafon and an Experiment Sect	608

The Wisdom of him who reftrains	611

An Historical Account of Fire in	619

Convictions from reftraining the Power	626

Some Experiments about the Phospho	633

Page	640

The Structure of Beafts in general	643

The Food of Animals	649

The wonderful Structure of the Wings	657

Of the Feet of WaterFowl	665

The Effect of Cold and Heat	674

Título	The Religious Philosopher Or, The Right Use of Contemplating the Works of the Creator ... : the Second Volume ... Volume 2 de The Religious Philosopher Or, The Right Use of Contemplating the Works of the Creator ... : the Second Volume, Bernard Nieuwentijdt
Autor	Bernard Nieuwentijdt
Traduzido por	John Chamberlayne
Editora	M. Senex ... W. Innys, T. Longman and T. Shewel, 1745
Original de	A Universidade Complutense de Madri
Digitalizado	16 abr. 2009
Num. págs.	749 páginas

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