The Atmosphere and Atmospherical PhenomenaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 16 páginas |
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... Rain , im- perfect knowledge of its cause - Quantity which falls in different seasons , and in different regions - Prognostics of rain - Uses of rain - 4 . Snow , how formed - Its flakes assume regular figures - Representation of some ...
... Rain , im- perfect knowledge of its cause - Quantity which falls in different seasons , and in different regions - Prognostics of rain - Uses of rain - 4 . Snow , how formed - Its flakes assume regular figures - Representation of some ...
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... rains on the mountains and vales ; could we wing our flight beyond the denser regions of the atmosphere into those places where fire - balls and shooting - stars have their origin , and where the aurora borealis displays its fantastic ...
... rains on the mountains and vales ; could we wing our flight beyond the denser regions of the atmosphere into those places where fire - balls and shooting - stars have their origin , and where the aurora borealis displays its fantastic ...
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... rain , which has soaked the surface . When this happens , the water which was filtering through the ground is all arrested , and kept suspended in its capillary tubes by the pressure of the air , in the same manner as water is suspended ...
... rain , which has soaked the surface . When this happens , the water which was filtering through the ground is all arrested , and kept suspended in its capillary tubes by the pressure of the air , in the same manner as water is suspended ...
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... rain , and dew are produced . By the heat of the sun and other causes , an immense portion of matter is daily ... rains on the continents and islands to fertilize the soil ; a part descends on the seas and oceans ; and another part ...
... rain , and dew are produced . By the heat of the sun and other causes , an immense portion of matter is daily ... rains on the continents and islands to fertilize the soil ; a part descends on the seas and oceans ; and another part ...
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... rain , or covered with deep snows ; without the operation of which , a thousand discomforts and inconveniences would be felt in all the scenes of domestic life , and the operations of art ; and this world would cease to be an abode of ...
... rain , or covered with deep snows ; without the operation of which , a thousand discomforts and inconveniences would be felt in all the scenes of domestic life , and the operations of art ; and this world would cease to be an abode of ...
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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...