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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... Vesicular vapor of mists , 76. Absorption of heat by the surface of the earth , where it is most needed for the welfare of the animated creation , 77. The earth has no great power of conducting heat ; hence springs of water CONTENTS . ix.
... Vesicular vapor of mists , 76. Absorption of heat by the surface of the earth , where it is most needed for the welfare of the animated creation , 77. The earth has no great power of conducting heat ; hence springs of water CONTENTS . ix.
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... conducting heat ; hence springs of water are not materially affected during the Seasons , 77. Earth , Air , and Water , are all imperfect conductors of heat , 78. Expe- riments in illustration of the conduction and non - conduction of ...
... conducting heat ; hence springs of water are not materially affected during the Seasons , 77. Earth , Air , and Water , are all imperfect conductors of heat , 78. Expe- riments in illustration of the conduction and non - conduction of ...
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... conducting power of volcanic sand , 349. The reflection of solar heat by white , and its absorption by black surfaces , illustrated upon snow , ib . The phenomenon of hoar - frost , 351. Imitation of the appearance of hoar - frost upon ...
... conducting power of volcanic sand , 349. The reflection of solar heat by white , and its absorption by black surfaces , illustrated upon snow , ib . The phenomenon of hoar - frost , 351. Imitation of the appearance of hoar - frost upon ...
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... conducting heat with great facility throughout their entire mass , so that it matters not where heat be applied , they will in due time be equally ele- vated in temperature . Other substances , especially the earths , and their com ...
... conducting heat with great facility throughout their entire mass , so that it matters not where heat be applied , they will in due time be equally ele- vated in temperature . Other substances , especially the earths , and their com ...
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... conducting , others of retard- ing it , or of arresting its passage . Air is a non - conductor , water and earth are conduct- ors of electricity ; and when it has accumulated in clouds . to a certain degree of intensity , the flash of ...
... conducting , others of retard- ing it , or of arresting its passage . Air is a non - conductor , water and earth are conduct- ors of electricity ; and when it has accumulated in clouds . to a certain degree of intensity , the flash of ...
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Page 249 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
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 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 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 183 - And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower ; and so it is. 55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
Page 59 - Thou visitest the earth and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou prepares! them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
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.
Page 127 - For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of GOD the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water : whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished : but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Page 40 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.