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... frequent the apartments of persons ill of certain maladies , are extremely apt to catch the in- fection and in prisons and other places , where crowds of people are confined together , when diseases once commence , they are wont to make ...
... frequent the apartments of persons ill of certain maladies , are extremely apt to catch the in- fection and in prisons and other places , where crowds of people are confined together , when diseases once commence , they are wont to make ...
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... frequently some local causes of heat and cold which are independent of the sun's immediate action . Thus , it has been observed , that when the weather has been clear , and a cloud passes over the place of observation , the thermometer ...
... frequently some local causes of heat and cold which are independent of the sun's immediate action . Thus , it has been observed , that when the weather has been clear , and a cloud passes over the place of observation , the thermometer ...
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... here between the north - west and the south , seldom at east , * Vol . xi . year 1676 . + The paper here referred to bears the date of 1676 . EDIT . and yet less frequent at north or north - east ZONES AND CLIMATES . 47.
... here between the north - west and the south , seldom at east , * Vol . xi . year 1676 . + The paper here referred to bears the date of 1676 . EDIT . and yet less frequent at north or north - east ZONES AND CLIMATES . 47.
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... frequently exceeding the cold at the higher stations . As I wished to know , whether these variations would continue the same in winter , when the weather was colder , and whether a ther- mometer , placed at some distance from the city ...
... frequently exceeding the cold at the higher stations . As I wished to know , whether these variations would continue the same in winter , when the weather was colder , and whether a ther- mometer , placed at some distance from the city ...
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... frequent rain , sometimes mingled with hail . From the 11th to the 14th , and also on the 31st , there was no variation at all ; during which time likewise the weather was rainy ; all the rest of the month proving clear , the air was ...
... frequent rain , sometimes mingled with hail . From the 11th to the 14th , and also on the 31st , there was no variation at all ; during which time likewise the weather was rainy ; all the rest of the month proving clear , the air was ...
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Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ..., Volume 4 Edward T W. Polehampton Visualização integral - 1815 |
Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ..., Volume 4 Edward T W. Polehampton Visualização integral - 1815 |
The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 4 Edward Polehampton Visualização integral - 1815 |
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appearance arch atmosphere aurora borealis bodies Captain Cook carbonic acid cause clouds coast cold colour conductor considerable continued degree direction distance earth east effect equal equator evaporation experiments explosion fall feet fell fire frequently glass globe ground gulf of Bengal half harmattan heat height Hence horizon hurricane ignis fatui inches iron island land latitude light longitude Lucretius luminous magnet manner matter mercury metal meteor miles minutes monsoon months moon motion nearly needle night north pole north-east north-west northern o'clock observed oxygen particles passed phænomena phial Phil philosophers pole produced quantity rain rarefaction remarkable seems seen ship side snow sometimes sound south pole south-west specific gravity stone storm substances supposed surface temperature thermometer thunder tion Trans tropic of Capricorn tube vapour variation velocity violent weather whole winter wire
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Página 508 - Olympian games or Pythian fields ; 530 Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form. As when to warn proud cities, war appears Waged in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds, before each van Prick forth the airy knights, and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of arms From either end of Heaven the welkin burns.
Página 92 - The wild rocks raised their lofty summits till they were lost in the clouds, and the valleys lay covered with everlasting snow. Not a tree was to be seen, nor a shrub even big enough to make a toothpick.
Página 306 - This kite is to be raised when a thunder-gust appears to be coming on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door or window, or under some cover, so that the silk ribbon may not be wet; and care must be taken that the twine does not touch the frame of the door or window.
Página 264 - It was observable of all of them, but chiefly of the large pillar, that towards the end it began to appear like a hollow canal, only black in the borders, but white in the middle ; and though at first it was altogether black and opaque, yet one could very distinctly perceive the...
Página 274 - ... in a few seconds. It was some minutes before he could recollect his thoughts so as to know what was the matter; for he did not see the flash, though his eye was on the spot of the prime conductor, from...
Página 531 - The head of my shadow was surrounded at some distance by a circle of various colours, whose centre appeared to be near the situation of the eye, and whose circumference extended to the shoulders.
Página 337 - ... from the clouds to the earth, or from the earth to the clouds, runs through the walls of a...
Página 291 - These appearances we attempt to account for thus. We suppose, as aforesaid, that electrical fire is a common element, of which every one of the three persons above mentioned has his equal share, before any operation is begun with the tube. A, who stands on wax and rubs the tube, collects the electrical fire from himself into the glass ; and, his communication with the common stock being cut off by the wax, his body is not again immediately supplied.
Página 398 - The sky was generally clear when they appeared, and the air sharp and cold, the thermometer standing at the freezing point, the ship being in latitude 58° south.
Página 255 - ... few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds.