The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volum 1Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 |
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... quantities of rain , or the melting of the snow upon the mountains , either of which causes a sudden condensation or compression of the air ; or by high mountains , which alter the di- rection of the winds . For to these , not to men ...
... quantities of rain , or the melting of the snow upon the mountains , either of which causes a sudden condensation or compression of the air ; or by high mountains , which alter the di- rection of the winds . For to these , not to men ...
Pàgina 24
... quantity , which can be sensibly efficacious in promoting vegetation . Allowing , therefore , that nitre is a fertilizer of lands , which many are , upon good grounds , disposed utterly to deny , yet so very small is the quantity of it ...
... quantity , which can be sensibly efficacious in promoting vegetation . Allowing , therefore , that nitre is a fertilizer of lands , which many are , upon good grounds , disposed utterly to deny , yet so very small is the quantity of it ...
Pàgina 26
... quantity of useful productions . The influence of snow on vegetation cannot be better summed up , than by saying that , in the first place , it protects the plants and the seeds from the violence of the frost ; in the second , fur ...
... quantity of useful productions . The influence of snow on vegetation cannot be better summed up , than by saying that , in the first place , it protects the plants and the seeds from the violence of the frost ; in the second , fur ...
Pàgina 32
... quantity and proportion of those different substances which are generated . These vapours are carried towards the south where the air is most dilated , so that they approach more and more towards the spec- tator ; and it is probable ...
... quantity and proportion of those different substances which are generated . These vapours are carried towards the south where the air is most dilated , so that they approach more and more towards the spec- tator ; and it is probable ...
Pàgina 49
... quantity of solid matter in bodies , and there- fore seems to surpass mere mechanism . But , however various the phenomena which depend on this power , and may be explained by it , no me- chanical principles can account for its effects ...
... quantity of solid matter in bodies , and there- fore seems to surpass mere mechanism . But , however various the phenomena which depend on this power , and may be explained by it , no me- chanical principles can account for its effects ...
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