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... winds ; that now in fluent dance , And lively fermentation , mounting , spreads All this innumerous colour'd scene of things . - THOMSON . 460. Some plants exhibit signs of great sensibility , besides the effects in nearly all arising ...
... winds ; that now in fluent dance , And lively fermentation , mounting , spreads All this innumerous colour'd scene of things . - THOMSON . 460. Some plants exhibit signs of great sensibility , besides the effects in nearly all arising ...
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... winds , tides and currents , it would cor- rupt into life ! An experiment of this I saw , when lying with a fleet about the islands of Azores , almost six months ; the greater part of which time we were becalmed . Upon which , all the ...
... winds , tides and currents , it would cor- rupt into life ! An experiment of this I saw , when lying with a fleet about the islands of Azores , almost six months ; the greater part of which time we were becalmed . Upon which , all the ...
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... wind , which may be traced to some local expansion or compression of air by heat and cold ; thus , also , sme is carried up chimneys .. Obs . It is evident , that the density of bodies must be diminished by expansion ; and in the case ...
... wind , which may be traced to some local expansion or compression of air by heat and cold ; thus , also , sme is carried up chimneys .. Obs . It is evident , that the density of bodies must be diminished by expansion ; and in the case ...
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... winds over the land , bro- ken and precipitated by the action of mountains and trees ; and thus rendered the means of watering the soil . It then returns to the sea in the currents of rivers ; so that ther is a constant circuit of the ...
... winds over the land , bro- ken and precipitated by the action of mountains and trees ; and thus rendered the means of watering the soil . It then returns to the sea in the currents of rivers ; so that ther is a constant circuit of the ...
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... wind . By these last , it appears , that wind is just perceptible when it moves two miles in an hour ; that it is brisk , at 15 miles ; high at 35 miles ; blows a storm , at 50 miles ; and a hurricane , at 100 miles an hour : tear- ing ...
... wind . By these last , it appears , that wind is just perceptible when it moves two miles in an hour ; that it is brisk , at 15 miles ; high at 35 miles ; blows a storm , at 50 miles ; and a hurricane , at 100 miles an hour : tear- ing ...
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