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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... the cold piercing winds . It has been a vulgar opinion , very generally received , that snow fertilizes the lands on which it falls more than rain , in consequence of the nitrous salts which it is supposed 4 NO . III . 23 On Snow .
... the cold piercing winds . It has been a vulgar opinion , very generally received , that snow fertilizes the lands on which it falls more than rain , in consequence of the nitrous salts which it is supposed 4 NO . III . 23 On Snow .
Pàgina 24
... salts which it is supposed to acquire by freezing ' . But it ap- pears from the experiments of Margraaf , in the year ... salt , in any quantity , which can be sensibly efficacious in promoting vegetation . Allowing , therefore , that ...
... salts which it is supposed to acquire by freezing ' . But it ap- pears from the experiments of Margraaf , in the year ... salt , in any quantity , which can be sensibly efficacious in promoting vegetation . Allowing , therefore , that ...
Pàgina 25
... salts or nitre which it is said to contain , but which analysis and experiments have proved do not exist . It has also been des monstrated by experiment , that snow is oxyge nated water ; that , in the germination of seeds in particular ...
... salts or nitre which it is said to contain , but which analysis and experiments have proved do not exist . It has also been des monstrated by experiment , that snow is oxyge nated water ; that , in the germination of seeds in particular ...
Pàgina 40
... salt provision , by boiling it in water , and mixing it with flour ; their bever- age of whey ; and their total abstinence from spirituous liquors ; are the happy preservatives from the scurvy , which brought all the preceding ...
... salt provision , by boiling it in water , and mixing it with flour ; their bever- age of whey ; and their total abstinence from spirituous liquors ; are the happy preservatives from the scurvy , which brought all the preceding ...
Pàgina 115
... salts , & c . In this sense , exhalations are dry subtile corpuscles , or effluvia , loosened from hard terrestrial bodies , either by the heat of the sun , or the agitation of the air , or some other cause ; and emitted upward to a ...
... salts , & c . In this sense , exhalations are dry subtile corpuscles , or effluvia , loosened from hard terrestrial bodies , either by the heat of the sun , or the agitation of the air , or some other cause ; and emitted upward to a ...
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