The Philosophical Grammar: Being a View of the Present State of Experiment Physiology, Or Natural Philosophy ...J. Noon, 1735 - 322 páginas |
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Página vii
... shall take no Notice of any Compendiums and Epitomes , that are smaller than this I here prefent the Reader withal , well knowing the Limits I have confined the Subject to , are strait and fcanty enough . I shall now fay Somewhat ...
... shall take no Notice of any Compendiums and Epitomes , that are smaller than this I here prefent the Reader withal , well knowing the Limits I have confined the Subject to , are strait and fcanty enough . I shall now fay Somewhat ...
Página 11
... shall by and by name to you when we difcourfe of that Part . A. What are the particular Branches of the fecond general Part ? B. Cofmology , or more properly Uranolo- gy , comprehends the following Branches , viz . 1. Heliography ...
... shall by and by name to you when we difcourfe of that Part . A. What are the particular Branches of the fecond general Part ? B. Cofmology , or more properly Uranolo- gy , comprehends the following Branches , viz . 1. Heliography ...
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... shall be no Pore therein , whofe Dia- meter fhall exceed the 1000000000000th , & c . of an Inch . CHAP . CHA P. IV . Of the Solidity and Figurability of 44 . The PHILOSOPHICAL GRAMMAar . Extraordinary Inftances thereof The wonderful ...
... shall be no Pore therein , whofe Dia- meter fhall exceed the 1000000000000th , & c . of an Inch . CHAP . CHA P. IV . Of the Solidity and Figurability of 44 . The PHILOSOPHICAL GRAMMAar . Extraordinary Inftances thereof The wonderful ...
Página 175
... ' fhall be the greatest Angle , in which the moft refrangible Rays can after one Reflec- tion be refracted to the Eye ; and therefore all the Drops in the Line OE , shall send the most moft refrangible Rays most copiously to the Eye , and.
... ' fhall be the greatest Angle , in which the moft refrangible Rays can after one Reflec- tion be refracted to the Eye ; and therefore all the Drops in the Line OE , shall send the most moft refrangible Rays most copiously to the Eye , and.
Página 177
... shall come most copiously from the Drops in the Line OH , and fhall ftrike the Senfe with the deepest Violet in that Region : And by the fame Reasoning , the Drops between GH shall strike the Senfes with the intermediate Colours ; and ...
... shall come most copiously from the Drops in the Line OH , and fhall ftrike the Senfe with the deepest Violet in that Region : And by the fame Reasoning , the Drops between GH shall strike the Senfes with the intermediate Colours ; and ...
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Términos y frases comunes
abfolute alfo alſo appear Axiom becauſe Cafe Caufe Cauſe Center Cold Colours Comets confequently confift Defign Denfity Difcourfe Diſtance Divifibility doth Earth equal faid fame feem feen felf feven feveral fhall fhew fince firft firſt Fluid fmall folid fome fometimes ftance fuch fuppofe Glafs Gravity greateſt hath Heat Hypothefes increaſed infinite Inftruments juft Jupiter leaft lefs mean Miles moft Moon moſt Motion move muft muſt natural Bodies Number obferve paffing Particles of Matter Philofophy Place Planets pleaſe Pofition Pray prefent Properties Proportion Qualities Quantity of Matter rarified Rays of Light Reafon Refiftance Reflection refracted refrangible Saturn Selenography Senfes ſhould Sir Ifaac ſmall Somatology Sound Space Stars Stone Subftance Sun's Syftem thefe thereof theſe Things thofe thoſe tion underſtand univerfal uſed Vapours Veffels Velocity vifible Water Weight whence whereby whofe Winds wonderful
Pasajes populares
Página x - When God hath shower'd the earth ; so lovely seem'd That landscape : and of pure, now purer air Meets his approach, and to the heart inspires Vernal delight and joy, able to drive All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
Página 293 - 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.
Página 237 - 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.
Página xii - The cheerfulness of heart which springs up in us from the survey of nature's works, is an admirable preparation for gratitude. The mind has gone a great way towards praise and thanksgiving, that is filled with such a secret gladness.
Página xi - But among this set of writers, there are none who more gratify and enlarge the imagination, than the authors of the new philosophy, whether we consider their theories of the earth or heavens, the discoveries they have made by glasses, or any other of their contemplations on nature. We are not a little pleased to find every green leaf swarm with millions of animals, that at their largest growth are not visible to the...
Página 313 - O AZURE vaults ! O crystal sky ! The world's transparent canopy ! Break your long silence, and let mortals know, With what contempt you look on things below.
Página x - ... months of the year with a lively verdure. In the opening of the spring, when all Nature begins to recover herself, the same animal pleasure which makes the birds sing, and the whole brute creation rejoice, rises very sensibly in the heart of man. I know none of the poets who have observed so well as Milton those secret overflowings of gladness which...
Página 161 - ... 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...
Página ix - Delightful scenes, whether in nature, painting, or poetry, have a kindly influence on the body as well as the mind ; and not only serve to clear and brighten the imagination, but are able to disperse grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions.
Página xi - ... to the naked eye. There is something very engaging to the fancy, as well as to our reason, in the treatises of metals, minerals, plants, and meteors. But when we survey the whole earth at once, and the several planets that lie...