Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science: Illustrated with 100 Plates, Volume 4R. Wilks, 1815 |
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... become so rare , that a cubic inch would occupy a space equal to the sphere of Saturn's orbit and on the other hand , if there were a mine about 42 miles deep , the air would become as dense as quicksilver at the bottom of it . It ...
... become so rare , that a cubic inch would occupy a space equal to the sphere of Saturn's orbit and on the other hand , if there were a mine about 42 miles deep , the air would become as dense as quicksilver at the bottom of it . It ...
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... become still milder when the country is better cleared of woods , though perhaps it will never equal the temperature of the old continent . Islands are warmer than continents in the same degree of lati- tude ; and countries lying to the ...
... become still milder when the country is better cleared of woods , though perhaps it will never equal the temperature of the old continent . Islands are warmer than continents in the same degree of lati- tude ; and countries lying to the ...
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... become progres- sively warmer in the course of ages , while others have imagined that its heat is exhausted . Both these opinions appear in general improbable . The greater heat the earth receives by day , the more it throws off , both ...
... become progres- sively warmer in the course of ages , while others have imagined that its heat is exhausted . Both these opinions appear in general improbable . The greater heat the earth receives by day , the more it throws off , both ...
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... become much milder in the northern latitudes than they were 16 or 17 centuries past ; and from this it has happened , that many passages in the classical writers decrip- tive of the severity of the climates , had struck him more perhaps ...
... become much milder in the northern latitudes than they were 16 or 17 centuries past ; and from this it has happened , that many passages in the classical writers decrip- tive of the severity of the climates , had struck him more perhaps ...
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... become 100,083 parts ; 100,000 of platinum under similar circumstances expand so as to become 100,087 ; and equal parts of gold , antimony , cast - irou , steel , iron , bismuth , copper , cast- brass , silver , tin , lead - zinc , and ...
... become 100,083 parts ; 100,000 of platinum under similar circumstances expand so as to become 100,087 ; and equal parts of gold , antimony , cast - irou , steel , iron , bismuth , copper , cast- brass , silver , tin , lead - zinc , and ...
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appears arch atmosphere aurora borealis body Captain Cook carbonic acid cause clouds coast cold colour common conductor considerable continued degree direction distance diurnal motion earth east effect equal equator evaporation experiments explosion fall feet fell fire frequently glass globe ground gulf of Bengal half harmattan heat height horizon hurricane inches iron rod islands land latitude light Lucretius luminous magnet manner matter mercury metal meteor miles minutes monsoon months moon motion nearly needle night north pole northern o'clock observed oxygen particles passed phænomena phenomenon 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 wind blows 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 90 - Ninety-seven ice hills were distinctly seen within the field, besides those on the outside; many of them very large, and looking like a ridge of mountains, rising one above another till they were lost in the clouds.
Página 255 - It was in vain to think of flying ; the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship could be of no use to carry us out of this danger; and the full persuasion of this rivetted me as if to the spot where I stood, and let the camels gain on me so much in my state of lameness, that it was with some difficulty I could overtake them.
Página 255 - ... majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very 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...
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 305 - 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 93 - ... a country doomed by nature never once to feel the warmth of the sun's rays, but to lie buried in everlasting snow and ice.
Página 509 - Placed far amid the melancholy main, (Whether it be lone Fancy him beguiles ; Or that aerial beings sometimes deign To stand embodied, to our senses plain), Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, A vast assembly moving to and fro : Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show.
Página 255 - We were here at once surprised and terrified by a sight surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. and to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand...
Página 306 - And when the rain has wet the. kite and twine, so that it can conduct the electric fire freely, you will find it stream out plentifully from the key on the approach of your knuckle.