The Atmosphere and Atmospherical PhenomenaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 16 páginas |
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... whole atmosphere - Air decreases in density as we ascend to the higher regions - Scenes beheld from balloons - The pressure of the atmosphere illustrated by a great variety of simple experiments page 19 A 2 CHAPTER III . Facts ...
... whole atmosphere - Air decreases in density as we ascend to the higher regions - Scenes beheld from balloons - The pressure of the atmosphere illustrated by a great variety of simple experiments page 19 A 2 CHAPTER III . Facts ...
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... whole mass of blood through every part of the body ten times every hour - when we consider these adaptations and arrangements throughout the vegetable and the animal kingdoms , we perceive the marks of a Divine intelligence and skill ...
... whole mass of blood through every part of the body ten times every hour - when we consider these adaptations and arrangements throughout the vegetable and the animal kingdoms , we perceive the marks of a Divine intelligence and skill ...
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... our ships across the ocean , and even to overturn buildings , to tear up from their roots the largest trees , and to dash whole fleets to pieces of wreck . CHAPTER II . The weight and pressure of the atmosphere 18 THE ATMOSPHERE .
... our ships across the ocean , and even to overturn buildings , to tear up from their roots the largest trees , and to dash whole fleets to pieces of wreck . CHAPTER II . The weight and pressure of the atmosphere 18 THE ATMOSPHERE .
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... whole body , and re - acts with an equal force against the outward pressure . This pressure , however , is somewhat different at different times . When the air is lightest , the pressure is 31,150 pounds , and , when heaviest , about ...
... whole body , and re - acts with an equal force against the outward pressure . This pressure , however , is somewhat different at different times . When the air is lightest , the pressure is 31,150 pounds , and , when heaviest , about ...
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... whole atmosphere . - From the facts now stated , we may form an estimate of the weight of the whole body of the atmosphere which surrounds the surface of the earth . The surface of the globe contains , in round numbers , 200,000,000 of ...
... whole atmosphere . - From the facts now stated , we may form an estimate of the weight of the whole body of the atmosphere which surrounds the surface of the earth . The surface of the globe contains , in round numbers , 200,000,000 of ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 8 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Página 191 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...