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... the place of its setting , he determines the restern side of the horizon . He need
not be told that the Herth is opposite to the south . The moment , then , in which
he casta his eyes on the aparkling expanse of heaven , he is supposed to ...
... the place of its setting , he determines the restern side of the horizon . He need
not be told that the Herth is opposite to the south . The moment , then , in which
he casta his eyes on the aparkling expanse of heaven , he is supposed to ...
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The air which we breathe , und in which we live , just as fishes live in water ,
surrounds the whole earth , to the height , as is supposed , of 40 miles . It is of a
blue colour , aud therefore gives that colour to the beavens . The passage of the
Sun's ...
The air which we breathe , und in which we live , just as fishes live in water ,
surrounds the whole earth , to the height , as is supposed , of 40 miles . It is of a
blue colour , aud therefore gives that colour to the beavens . The passage of the
Sun's ...
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The primitive formations of rocks are the lowest and are supposed to have been
chemical precipitations , formed in the chaotic state of the earth ; breause they
have no petrifnctions or trace of organized beiogs . They are chiedy composed of
...
The primitive formations of rocks are the lowest and are supposed to have been
chemical precipitations , formed in the chaotic state of the earth ; breause they
have no petrifnctions or trace of organized beiogs . They are chiedy composed of
...
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Earthquakes , the most dreadful phenomena of nature , have been aneribed , by
some naturalists , to water , fire , team , and electricity : cach of these powerful
agents being supposed to operate in the bowels of the earth . Subterraneous fire
...
Earthquakes , the most dreadful phenomena of nature , have been aneribed , by
some naturalists , to water , fire , team , and electricity : cach of these powerful
agents being supposed to operate in the bowels of the earth . Subterraneous fire
...
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Hence , white bodies in the sun are cool , and black ones hot ; because white
surfaces reflect all the light , and black ones absorb it : hence also , as red rays
are the least refracted , they are supposed to be the largest , and are therefore
painful ...
Hence , white bodies in the sun are cool , and black ones hot ; because white
surfaces reflect all the light , and black ones absorb it : hence also , as red rays
are the least refracted , they are supposed to be the largest , and are therefore
painful ...
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Страница 95 - twere not absurd To doubt if beams, set out at Nature's birth, Are yet arriv'd at this so foreign world, Though nothing half so rapid as their flight. An eye of awe and wonder let me roll, And roll for ever.
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Страница 267 - Tis still as hard, if we this scheme believe, The cause of light's swift progress to conceive. With thought from prepossession free, reflect On solar rays, as they the sight respect. The beams of light had been in vain display'd, Had not the eye been fit for vision made: In vain the author had the eye prepared "With so much skill, had not the light appear'd.
Страница 95 - And roll for ever : who can satiate sight In such a scene ? in such an ocean wide Of deep astonishment? where depth, height, breadth, Are lost in their extremes ; and where, to count The thick-sown glories in this field of fire, Perhaps a seraph's computation fails.
Страница 91 - Mercury completes his transient year, Glowing, refulgent, with reflected glare ; Bright Venus occupies a wider way, The early harbinger of night and day ; More distant still our globe terraqueous turns, Nor chills intense, nor fiercely heated burns ; Around her rolls the lunar orb of light, Trailing her silver glories through the night ; On the earth's orbit...
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| Наслов | The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ... |
| Аутор | Sir Richard Phillips |
| Издање | 12 |
| Издавач | J. M'Gowan for Sir R. Phillips, 1820 |
| Оригинал из | Јавна библиотека града Њујорка |
| Дигитализовано | 7 окт 2005 |
| Дужина | 364 страница |
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