The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 1Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 |
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Pagina 12
... continually rushes in upon the land , to restore the equilibrium . That part of the ocean which is called the Rains , is attended with perpetual calms . the wind scarcely blowing sensibly either one way or the other . For this tract ...
... continually rushes in upon the land , to restore the equilibrium . That part of the ocean which is called the Rains , is attended with perpetual calms . the wind scarcely blowing sensibly either one way or the other . For this tract ...
Pagina 14
... continually shifting from place to place , in order to restore the equilibrium , wherever it is destroyed ; whether by the heat of the sun ; the rising of vapours , or exhalations ; the falling of great quantities of rain , or the ...
... continually shifting from place to place , in order to restore the equilibrium , wherever it is destroyed ; whether by the heat of the sun ; the rising of vapours , or exhalations ; the falling of great quantities of rain , or the ...
Pagina 19
... continual snow . The cherished fields Put on their winter robe of purest white . " Tis brightness all ; save where the new snow melts Along the mazy current . Low , the woods Bow their hoary head ; and , ere the languid sun Faint from ...
... continual snow . The cherished fields Put on their winter robe of purest white . " Tis brightness all ; save where the new snow melts Along the mazy current . Low , the woods Bow their hoary head ; and , ere the languid sun Faint from ...
Pagina 20
... continually . joined by more of these radiated spicula , and thus increase in bulk like the drops of rain or hail - stones . Dr. Grew , in a discourse on the nature of snow , observes , that many parts of it are of a regular figure ...
... continually . joined by more of these radiated spicula , and thus increase in bulk like the drops of rain or hail - stones . Dr. Grew , in a discourse on the nature of snow , observes , that many parts of it are of a regular figure ...
Pagina 21
... continual waftage to and fro , touching upon each other , are a little thawed , blunted , and frozen into clusters , or entangled so as to fall down in what we call flakes . According to Signore Beccaria , clouds of snow differ in ...
... continual waftage to and fro , touching upon each other , are a little thawed , blunted , and frozen into clusters , or entangled so as to fall down in what we call flakes . According to Signore Beccaria , clouds of snow differ in ...
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