The Atmosphere and Atmospherical PhenomenaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 16 pages |
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... space may be filled with ethereal fluids CHAPTER VI . page 59 The composition of the atmosphere - Atmosphere a com- pound fluid - History of this discovery - Component parts of which it consists - Properties of oxygen gas- Properties of ...
... space may be filled with ethereal fluids CHAPTER VI . page 59 The composition of the atmosphere - Atmosphere a com- pound fluid - History of this discovery - Component parts of which it consists - Properties of oxygen gas- Properties of ...
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... space ; when we contemplate the sun occupying a space which would hold one million three hundred thousand worlds such as ours ; and when we contemplate globes , fourteen hundred times larger than our world , flying through the voids of ...
... space ; when we contemplate the sun occupying a space which would hold one million three hundred thousand worlds such as ours ; and when we contemplate globes , fourteen hundred times larger than our world , flying through the voids of ...
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... have their origin , and where the aurora borealis displays its fantastic coruscations ; could we ascend to the ethereal spaces which intervene between us and the celestial bodies , and investigate those apparently INTRODUCTION . 11.
... have their origin , and where the aurora borealis displays its fantastic coruscations ; could we ascend to the ethereal spaces which intervene between us and the celestial bodies , and investigate those apparently INTRODUCTION . 11.
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... ; and hence , the great body of mankind are apt to imagine that the regions around us in which the birds fly , and the clouds move , are nothing else than empty space ; and , were it not that they 12 THE ATMOSPHERE .
... ; and hence , the great body of mankind are apt to imagine that the regions around us in which the birds fly , and the clouds move , are nothing else than empty space ; and , were it not that they 12 THE ATMOSPHERE .
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Thomas Dick. empty space ; and , were it not that they some- times hear its sound in the breeze , and feel its effects in the whirlwind and the storm , they would be disposed to deny that such a thing as the atmosphere had an existence ...
Thomas Dick. empty space ; and , were it not that they some- times hear its sound in the breeze , and feel its effects in the whirlwind and the storm , they would be disposed to deny that such a thing as the atmosphere had an existence ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 8 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Page 191 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...