Chemistry of the Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter: An Essay, Principally Concerning Natural Phenomena Admitting of Interpretation by Chemical Science, and Illustrating Passages of ScriptureLea and Blanchard, 1846 - 451 pages |
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... fall of the leaf , 288. The phenomenon of " fairy rings , " ib . The frosts at the close of Autumn , 289 . CHAPTER IV . WINTER . Transition of water into ice , 290. Action of cold and heat upon solids , liquids , and aëriform substances ...
... fall of the leaf , 288. The phenomenon of " fairy rings , " ib . The frosts at the close of Autumn , 289 . CHAPTER IV . WINTER . Transition of water into ice , 290. Action of cold and heat upon solids , liquids , and aëriform substances ...
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... fall , as rain or snow , and other well - known forms , according to the season . The result obtained by a minute analysis of Air , pre- sents the following weights of its elementary and com- pound constituents . Nitrogen Oxygen ...
... fall , as rain or snow , and other well - known forms , according to the season . The result obtained by a minute analysis of Air , pre- sents the following weights of its elementary and com- pound constituents . Nitrogen Oxygen ...
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... falls from the clouds , invariably contains air , and sometimes a com- pound of hydrogen and nitrogen , called ammonia , to which much of its fertilizing power may be referred : he further discovers that the water of springs , brooks ...
... falls from the clouds , invariably contains air , and sometimes a com- pound of hydrogen and nitrogen , called ammonia , to which much of its fertilizing power may be referred : he further discovers that the water of springs , brooks ...
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... falls , and thus by ascending and descending , or convective currents , the atmosphere becomes heated from the earth , and not by direct conduction from the sun . Thus winds are produced by the continued motion of cold air to supply the ...
... falls , and thus by ascending and descending , or convective currents , the atmosphere becomes heated from the earth , and not by direct conduction from the sun . Thus winds are produced by the continued motion of cold air to supply the ...
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... fall . Take another piece of cane , similar in dimensions to that employed in the last experiment , place one end just below the surface of water , and , in the course of a few seconds the upper end will become wetted . In this instance ...
... fall . Take another piece of cane , similar in dimensions to that employed in the last experiment , place one end just below the surface of water , and , in the course of a few seconds the upper end will become wetted . In this instance ...
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Page 405 - ... a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and...
Page 145 - Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens and stretched them out ; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein...
Page 234 - The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful ; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
Page 288 - 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.
Page 244 - The voice of the Lord is powerful, the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars ; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
Page 434 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes to nothing ; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 59 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 183 - Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? 57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
Page 434 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 158 - They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.