The Philosophical Grammar: Being a View of the Present State of Experimented Physiology, Or Natural Philosophy ...J. Noon, 1755 - 360 pages |
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Page 338 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 272 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 27 - The height of the mercury in the tube above the surface of the mercury in the...
Page 237 - Iron, and in five or six hours grows too hot to be touch'd, and emits a Flame. And by these Experiments compared with the great quantity of Sulphur with which the Earth abounds, and the warmth of the interior Parts of the Earth, and hot Springs, and burning Mountains, and with Damps, mineral Coruscations, Earthquakes, hot suffocating Exhalations, Hurricanes, and Spouts; we may learn that sulphureous Steams abound in the Bowels of the Earth and ferment with Minerals, and sometimes take fire with a...
Page 237 - Exhalations, Hurricanes and Spouts; we may learn that sulphureous Steams abound in the Bowels of the Earth and ferment with Minerals, and sometimes take Fire with a sudden Coruscation and Explosion; and if pent up in subterraneous Caverns, burst the Caverns with a great shaking of the Earth, as in springing of a Mine.
Page 193 - ... be contrary to the under current ; for the 'upper air muft move from thofe parts where the greateft heat is, and fo by a kind of circulation the NE trade wind below will be attended with a SW above...
Page 124 - The change of motion is always proportional to the moving force impressed, and is always made according to the right line, in .which that force is impressed.
Page 199 - ... not above seven or eight hundred yards. The wonderful variety in the colours of the clouds is owing to their particular situation to the sun, and the different reflections of his light. The various figure of the clouds...
Page 338 - Swallows fo drawn out of the Lake of Samrodt, and about thirty out of the King's great Pond in...
Page 208 - Eye, and thereby ftrike the fenfes with the deepeft violet Colour in that region. And in like manner the Angle SFO being equal ta the Angle P OF, or 42 deg.