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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... Comets , fix'd Stars , & c . PART III , AEROLOGY , comprifeth the Philofophy of the Atmosphere , fhewing the wonderful Nature and Properties of the Air , Wind , Meteors , and other Phænomena therein . PART IV . GEOLOGY , containeth a ...
... Comets , fix'd Stars , & c . PART III , AEROLOGY , comprifeth the Philofophy of the Atmosphere , fhewing the wonderful Nature and Properties of the Air , Wind , Meteors , and other Phænomena therein . PART IV . GEOLOGY , containeth a ...
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... Comets , and Stars , which conftitute the wondrous Frame : Next 1 defcend to the Contemplation of the Atmosphere proper to our Earth , and whatever is therein contained : Laftly , I bring the Reader from the Regions above , to view the ...
... Comets , and Stars , which conftitute the wondrous Frame : Next 1 defcend to the Contemplation of the Atmosphere proper to our Earth , and whatever is therein contained : Laftly , I bring the Reader from the Regions above , to view the ...
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... Comet The Subftance of their Bodies Divers Sorts of Comets Their TAILS what , and whence They move like Planets round the Sun Fly beyond the Orb of Saturn ib . ib . ib . 131 ib . 132 In Orbs vaftly excentrick 10 . ib . The Length of a ...
... Comet The Subftance of their Bodies Divers Sorts of Comets Their TAILS what , and whence They move like Planets round the Sun Fly beyond the Orb of Saturn ib . ib . ib . 131 ib . 132 In Orbs vaftly excentrick 10 . ib . The Length of a ...
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... Comets , & c . ib . GALAXY , or MILKY WAY , what ib . How caufed ib . PART III . CHAP . I. of AEROLOGY , or the Philofophy of AIR 145 • The AIR , what ib . t Why called the ATMOSPHERE 146 The principal Properties of Air enumerated ib ...
... Comets , & c . ib . GALAXY , or MILKY WAY , what ib . How caufed ib . PART III . CHAP . I. of AEROLOGY , or the Philofophy of AIR 145 • The AIR , what ib . t Why called the ATMOSPHERE 146 The principal Properties of Air enumerated ib ...
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... , which treats of the Sun. 2. Selenography , which treats of the Moon . 3. Planetography , which treats of the Planets . 4. Co- 4. Cometography , which treats of the Comets . 5. The Subdivifions of each of thofe Parts 11, 12,
... , which treats of the Sun. 2. Selenography , which treats of the Moon . 3. Planetography , which treats of the Planets . 4. Co- 4. Cometography , which treats of the Comets . 5. The Subdivifions of each of thofe Parts 11, 12,
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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...