The Atmosphere and Atmospherical PhenomenaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 16 páginas |
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... quicksilver , putting the finger upon the open end , turn that end downwards , and immerse it in a small vessel of quicksilver , without admitting any air , then take away the finger , and the quicksilver will remain suspended in the ...
... quicksilver , putting the finger upon the open end , turn that end downwards , and immerse it in a small vessel of quicksilver , without admitting any air , then take away the finger , and the quicksilver will remain suspended in the ...
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... quicksilver will sink into the bason . The pressure , there- fore , by the atmosphere on the earth , is the same as if a coating of quicksilver twenty - nine and a half inches thick were spread over every part of the earth's surface ...
... quicksilver will sink into the bason . The pressure , there- fore , by the atmosphere on the earth , is the same as if a coating of quicksilver twenty - nine and a half inches thick were spread over every part of the earth's surface ...
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... quicksilver , there were contained some spirits , evaporated from the quicksilver ; which , being rarefied , filled up that space , thus assisting Nature , in a great emergency , against her mortal enemy , a vacuum . Well , then ...
... quicksilver , there were contained some spirits , evaporated from the quicksilver ; which , being rarefied , filled up that space , thus assisting Nature , in a great emergency , against her mortal enemy , a vacuum . Well , then ...
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... quicksilver , in the manner already described . He saw the quicksilver in the tube fall down , and leave an empty space at top , and remain suspended at the height of twenty - nine inches . " How , " says he , " Nature abhors a vacuum ...
... quicksilver , in the manner already described . He saw the quicksilver in the tube fall down , and leave an empty space at top , and remain suspended at the height of twenty - nine inches . " How , " says he , " Nature abhors a vacuum ...
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... quicksilver , which is naturally a fluid sub- stance , has been converted by cold into a com- pact body , capable of being hammered like a piece of lead . Nay , even some of the gases , o aërial fluids , show a disposition to congeal by ...
... quicksilver , which is naturally a fluid sub- stance , has been converted by cold into a com- pact body , capable of being hammered like a piece of lead . Nay , even some of the gases , o aërial fluids , show a disposition to congeal by ...
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aërial air-pump Almighty animal animalcule appears ascend atmo atmospheric air atmospheric pressure aurora aurora borealis avoirdupois bason beautiful benevolence bladder blood blows body bottle breathe burning carbonic-acid gas cause clouds colour common air cork coruscations Creator darkness degree Divine earth effects electricity elevation essen evaporation existence experiment fall feet filled fire flame fluid frequently gases glass globe harmattan heat heavens height higher regions horizon human hundred hydrogen inches inhabitants invisible lacteal light lighter luminous lungs mankind meteors motion mountains nitrogen objects ocean operation owing oxygen gas Parhelia parhelion particles phenomena pounds present principle produce quantity of air quicksilver rain rarefied rays respiration rise scene seen snow sometimes space specific gravity sphere spirits splendour square square miles substances surface surrounding system of nature tender mercies thousand tion tube twilight vapour vegetable velocity vessel visible whole wind wisdom
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 8 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Página 191 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...