Conversations on Natural Philosophy: In which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained and Adapted to the Comprehension of Young Pupils : Illustrated with PlatesGould, Kendall & Lincoln, 1837 - 276 pagina's |
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Pagina vii
... Pump ; Of the Barometer ; Mode of Weighing Air ; Specific Gravity of Air ; Of Pumps ; Descrip- tion of the Sucking Pump ; Description of the Forcing Pump . Page 158 , CONVERSATION XIII . On Wind and Sound . Of Wind in General ; Of the ...
... Pump ; Of the Barometer ; Mode of Weighing Air ; Specific Gravity of Air ; Of Pumps ; Descrip- tion of the Sucking Pump ; Description of the Forcing Pump . Page 158 , CONVERSATION XIII . On Wind and Sound . Of Wind in General ; Of the ...
Pagina 34
... pump , ( fig . 2 . pl . I. ) by means of which the air may be expelled from 97. On what principle does a balloon rise , since it is made of materials heavier than the air through which it rises ? - -98 How is the gravity of bodies ...
... pump , ( fig . 2 . pl . I. ) by means of which the air may be expelled from 97. On what principle does a balloon rise , since it is made of materials heavier than the air through which it rises ? - -98 How is the gravity of bodies ...
Pagina 35
... pumped out . Glasses of various shapes , usually called receivers , are employed for this purpose . We shall now ... pump . At our next meeting , therefore , I shall endeavour to make you acquainted with the laws of motion , as an ...
... pumped out . Glasses of various shapes , usually called receivers , are employed for this purpose . We shall now ... pump . At our next meeting , therefore , I shall endeavour to make you acquainted with the laws of motion , as an ...
Pagina 158
... Pump ; Of the Barometer ; Mode of weighing Air ; Specifick Gravity of Air ; Of Pumps ; Description of the Sucking Pump ; Description of the Forcing Pump . MRS . B. AT our last meeting we examined the properties of fluids in general ...
... Pump ; Of the Barometer ; Mode of weighing Air ; Specifick Gravity of Air ; Of Pumps ; Description of the Sucking Pump ; Description of the Forcing Pump . MRS . B. AT our last meeting we examined the properties of fluids in general ...
Pagina 160
... pump affords us the means of mak- ing a great variety of interesting experiments on the weight and pressure of the air : some of them you have * The height to which the atmosphere extends has never been accurately ascertained ; but at a ...
... pump affords us the means of mak- ing a great variety of interesting experiments on the weight and pressure of the air : some of them you have * The height to which the atmosphere extends has never been accurately ascertained ; but at a ...
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Pagina 93 - ... all things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but .the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased: now...
Pagina 105 - evidence of things not seen," in the fulness of Divine grace ; and was profound on this, the greatest concern of human life, while unable even to comprehend how the " inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit" could be the cause of the change of the seasons.
Pagina i - ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY ; In which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained, and adapted to the comprehension of Young Persons.
Pagina 93 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
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Pagina 72 - ... time that the axle describes a small one, therefore the power is increased in the same proportion as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the axle. If the...