The Atmosphere and Atmospherical PhenomenaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 16 頁 |
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第 20 頁
... inch . by what is called the Torricellian experiment . Take a glass tube about three feet long , open at one end , and hermetically sealed at the other : fill it with quicksilver , putting the finger upon the open end , turn that end ...
... inch . by what is called the Torricellian experiment . Take a glass tube about three feet long , open at one end , and hermetically sealed at the other : fill it with quicksilver , putting the finger upon the open end , turn that end ...
第 21 頁
... inches thick were spread over every part of the earth's surface . Now , it is proved that a square column of quicksilver twenty - nine and a half inches in height , and one inch thick , weighs just fifteen pounds , which counterpoise a ...
... inches thick were spread over every part of the earth's surface . Now , it is proved that a square column of quicksilver twenty - nine and a half inches in height , and one inch thick , weighs just fifteen pounds , which counterpoise a ...
第 22 頁
... inches , but subject to certain variations , according to the state of the atmosphere . When the weather is steady and serene , it rises to above thirty inches ; when it is stormy and rainy , it frequently sinks to twenty - eight inches ...
... inches , but subject to certain variations , according to the state of the atmosphere . When the weather is steady and serene , it rises to above thirty inches ; when it is stormy and rainy , it frequently sinks to twenty - eight inches ...
第 23 頁
... inches English ; and the altitude of the wine was somewhat greater , namely , thirty - one and two - thirds Paris feet , or thirty - two feet ten inches English ; the wine , on account of its superior levity , rising about seven and a ...
... inches English ; and the altitude of the wine was somewhat greater , namely , thirty - one and two - thirds Paris feet , or thirty - two feet ten inches English ; the wine , on account of its superior levity , rising about seven and a ...
第 24 頁
... inches higher than the water , as Pascal had previously calculated and predicted . This experiment was decisive ; and , since that period , the figment of " Nature's abhorrence of a vacuum , " along with many other absurdities , has ...
... inches higher than the water , as Pascal had previously calculated and predicted . This experiment was decisive ; and , since that period , the figment of " Nature's abhorrence of a vacuum , " along with many other absurdities , has ...
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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...