The Atmosphere and Atmospherical PhenomenaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 16 頁 |
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... - Identity of lightning and electricity -- Thunder- guard - Maxims to be observed during a thunder - storm -Concluding reflections . • page 168 THE ATMOSPHERE AND ATMOSPHERICAL PHENOMENA . PART I. THE NATURE vi CONTENTS .
... - Identity of lightning and electricity -- Thunder- guard - Maxims to be observed during a thunder - storm -Concluding reflections . • page 168 THE ATMOSPHERE AND ATMOSPHERICAL PHENOMENA . PART I. THE NATURE vi CONTENTS .
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... electric fluid , and other substances which surrounds the earth to a certain height . " This mass of fluid matter gravitates towards the earth , presses upon its surface with a certain force , revolves with it in its diurnal rotation ...
... electric fluid , and other substances which surrounds the earth to a certain height . " This mass of fluid matter gravitates towards the earth , presses upon its surface with a certain force , revolves with it in its diurnal rotation ...
第 135 頁
... electricity . There are three primary modifications — the cirrus , the cumu- lus , and the stratus ; two which may be con- sidered as intermediate in their nature - the cirro - cumulus , and the cirro - stratus ; one which appears to be ...
... electricity . There are three primary modifications — the cirrus , the cumu- lus , and the stratus ; two which may be con- sidered as intermediate in their nature - the cirro - cumulus , and the cirro - stratus ; one which appears to be ...
第 138 頁
... electricity . These not only produce violent storms of thunder and lightning , but are some- times the cause of the destruction of life and the most dreadful devastations . In the year 1772 , a bright cloud was observed , at midnight ...
... electricity . These not only produce violent storms of thunder and lightning , but are some- times the cause of the destruction of life and the most dreadful devastations . In the year 1772 , a bright cloud was observed , at midnight ...
第 140 頁
... electricity of the clouds , occasions the particles of vapour to rush together , and form drops of water too heavy to continue suspended in the atmosphere ; they fall in the shape of rain , and increase in size as they fall , by ...
... electricity of the clouds , occasions the particles of vapour to rush together , and form drops of water too heavy to continue suspended in the atmosphere ; they fall in the shape of rain , and increase in size as they fall , by ...
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第 191 頁 - 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.
第 145 頁 - 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.
第 44 頁 - 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.
第 8 頁 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
第 191 頁 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
第 145 頁 - 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.
第 145 頁 - 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.
第 79 頁 - 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.
第 191 頁 - 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.
第 69 頁 - 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...