Rudiments of the Primary Forces of Gravity, Magnetism, and Electricity, in Their Agency on the Heavenly BodiesWhittaker, Treacher, & Company, 1830 - 513 頁 |
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alluded annual circle appear aqueous condensation assumed astronomy atmos atmosphere aurora aurora borealis autumnal equinox barometer calorific base calorific condensation cause centre circumstance collisions induced commencement connected consequently decomposition difference direct action diurnal ecliptic effect elec electrical collisions electrical convergencies element of water equinoxes existence foci gravity heat heavenly bodies hemisphere inferior region intercalary periods inverse action inverse electrical action latitudes latter lunar action lunar changes main focus meteors moon mosphere nature negative action negative electrical action night noticed observed occur oppo opposite electrical bases opposite electrical forces opposite electrical poles opposite primary electrical opposite species owing pheno phenomenon phere positive action positive electrical action preceding present theory primary electrical forces primary forces principle production quadratures rain reference rosée season solar action solar system solstice subsisting summer sun and earth sun and planets superficies superior region surface syzygies temperature thence tides tion trical variations winter
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第 426 頁 - ... the whole southern part of the sky. These columns were sometimes bent sideways at their upper extremities ; and though in most respects similar to the northern lights...
第 34 頁 - ... c'est depuis cette révolution, que le petit nombre des individus épargnés par elle, se sont répandus et propagés sur les terrains nouvellement mis à sec, et par conséquent, que...
第 5 頁 - And thus nature will be very conformable to herself and very simple, performing all the great motions of the heavenly bodies by the attraction of gravity which intercedes those bodies and almost all the small ones of their particles by some other attractive and repelling powers which intercede the particles.
第 204 頁 - ... for, in some places, we find them brisk three or four leagues off shore ; in other places, not so many miles, and, in some places, they scarce peep without the rocks...
第 203 頁 - Then the land-winds, whose office it is to breathe in the night, moved by the same order of divine impulse, do rouse out of their private recesses, and gently fan the air till the next morning, and then their task ends, and they leave the stage.
第 34 頁 - Dolomieu, que s'il ya quelque chose de constaté en géologie , c'est que la surface de notre globe a été victime d'une grande et subite révolution , dont la date ne peut remonter beaucoup au delà de cinq ou six mille ans...
第 52 頁 - These our actors • • • were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And like the baseless fabric of a vision, The cloud capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And like an unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind.
第 202 頁 - ... they make some faint breathings, and, as if not willing to offend, they make a halt, and seem ready to retire. I have waited many a time both ashore to receive the pleasure, and at sea to take the benefit of it. " It comes in a fine, small, black...
第 364 頁 - ... certain nombre de jours de sécheresse. Les vents du sud et de l'ouest, qui chez nous viennent de la mer, favorisent sa formation. En Egypte , au contraire, au sud de la Méditerranée, on en aperçoit à peine quelques traces quand les vents du nord ne soufflent pas. En général , comme il était naturel de s'y attendre , tout ce qui augmente l'humidité de l'air, tout ce qui fait marcher l'hygromètre vers le terme de la saturation, contribue à rendre la rosée abondante.
第 203 頁 - ... sea breezes do blow in the day and rest in the night, so, on the contrary, these do blow in the night and rest in the day ; and so they do alternately succeed each other. For when the...