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... earth could neither be clothed with verdure , nor could there be support for the nameless tribes of living beings that inhabit it . As we approach the summer solstice , we find the earth profusely charged with heat ; but it becomes much ...
... earth could neither be clothed with verdure , nor could there be support for the nameless tribes of living beings that inhabit it . As we approach the summer solstice , we find the earth profusely charged with heat ; but it becomes much ...
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... earth in the warm season is , from its inherent properties , constantly aggregating in numberless masses of various dimensions , there does not remain in my mind the smallest doubt . And what else is the electricity that is produced by ...
... earth in the warm season is , from its inherent properties , constantly aggregating in numberless masses of various dimensions , there does not remain in my mind the smallest doubt . And what else is the electricity that is produced by ...
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... earth , it follows as a thing of course that their influence be- comes both extensive and powerful . The efforts of nature to keep up a general equilibrium in all her movements , are pretty well understood . These efforts in equalizing ...
... earth , it follows as a thing of course that their influence be- comes both extensive and powerful . The efforts of nature to keep up a general equilibrium in all her movements , are pretty well understood . These efforts in equalizing ...
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... earth is relieved from the great mass of heat that was spread over it , and which , were it of long continuance , would become altogether insupportable . The air by means of it would be rendered unfit for respiration , and life could ...
... earth is relieved from the great mass of heat that was spread over it , and which , were it of long continuance , would become altogether insupportable . The air by means of it would be rendered unfit for respiration , and life could ...
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... earth . While moving in the atmosphere , they reflect the various shades of light , according to their degree of density and their position in relation to the sun . There is another kind of vapor of a character so extremely subtile , as ...
... earth . While moving in the atmosphere , they reflect the various shades of light , according to their degree of density and their position in relation to the sun . There is another kind of vapor of a character so extremely subtile , as ...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 8 Charles Fenno Hoffman,Lewis Gaylord Clark,Kinahan Cornwallis,Timothy Flint,John Holmes Agnew Visualização completa - 1836 |
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Página 459 - Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it ; Time hath spared the epitaph of Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our felicities by the advantage of our good names, since bad have...
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