The Atmosphere and Atmospherical PhenomenaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 16 頁 |
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第 vi 頁
... sometimes produce -- 3 . 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 ...
... sometimes produce -- 3 . 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 ...
第 18 頁
... sometimes so great as to drive our wind - mills , impel our ships across the ocean , and even to overturn buildings , to tear up from their roots the largest trees , and to dash whole fleets to pieces of wreck . CHAPTER II . The weight ...
... sometimes so great as to drive our wind - mills , impel our ships across the ocean , and even to overturn buildings , to tear up from their roots the largest trees , and to dash whole fleets to pieces of wreck . CHAPTER II . The weight ...
第 21 頁
... sometimes more and sometimes less , according to the state of the atmosphere . It is evident , then , that the quick- silver is kept up in the tube to this elevation by the pressure of the atmosphere upon the surface of the mercury in ...
... sometimes more and sometimes less , according to the state of the atmosphere . It is evident , then , that the quick- silver is kept up in the tube to this elevation by the pressure of the atmosphere upon the surface of the mercury in ...
第 28 頁
... sometimes produce obstructions , fevers , and headaches ; and , in most persons , a sort of indolence and gloomy inactivity . Whereas , when the air is heavy , and the clouds ascend to the higher regions , and appear like fine fleeces ...
... sometimes produce obstructions , fevers , and headaches ; and , in most persons , a sort of indolence and gloomy inactivity . Whereas , when the air is heavy , and the clouds ascend to the higher regions , and appear like fine fleeces ...
第 30 頁
... sometimes seized with a vomiting of blood . They also find , that the atmosphere becomes clearer as they ascend , and is unable to support the clouds . We are informed by Don Ulloa that , while he stood on the top of the Andes , in Peru ...
... sometimes seized with a vomiting of blood . They also find , that the atmosphere becomes clearer as they ascend , and is unable to support the clouds . We are informed by Don Ulloa that , while he stood on the top of the Andes , in Peru ...
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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...