Studies of Nature, Bind 1J. Mawman, 1809 |
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Side vi
... destroyed the action of the Moon , which is in such perfect harmony with the phenomena of the tides . It is evident , that he has not taken the trouble to vii inform himself , either respecting my new Theory , inform vi ADVERTISEMENT .
... destroyed the action of the Moon , which is in such perfect harmony with the phenomena of the tides . It is evident , that he has not taken the trouble to vii inform himself , either respecting my new Theory , inform vi ADVERTISEMENT .
Side vii
... Moon dissolves ice by the humidity of her influence . " When the Moon Pliny's Natural History , book ii . chap 101 . shines , in the nights of Winter , in all her lustre , it freezes , no doubt , very sharply ; because that , in this ...
... Moon dissolves ice by the humidity of her influence . " When the Moon Pliny's Natural History , book ii . chap 101 . shines , in the nights of Winter , in all her lustre , it freezes , no doubt , very sharply ; because that , in this ...
Side viii
... Moon are , all over the Earth , in harmony with the movements of the Seas . The flux and reflux of the Sea , on our coasts , follow rather the mean , than the real motion , of the Moon . In other places , they are subject to dif- ferent ...
... Moon are , all over the Earth , in harmony with the movements of the Seas . The flux and reflux of the Sea , on our coasts , follow rather the mean , than the real motion , of the Moon . In other places , they are subject to dif- ferent ...
Side xvii
... Moon , and it's effects on ice and water , from Pliny , and from recent experiments made at Rome and at Paris ; of the Currents , and Tides which flow alternately from the Poles toward the Equator , from Christo- pher Columbus , Barents ...
... Moon , and it's effects on ice and water , from Pliny , and from recent experiments made at Rome and at Paris ; of the Currents , and Tides which flow alternately from the Poles toward the Equator , from Christo- pher Columbus , Barents ...
Side xxix
... Moon ; and on the authority of Cassini , who assigns fifty leagues more to the axis of the Earth than to it's diameter in any other directi on . In the second place , I have on my side authentic ex- periments , collected by the Academy ...
... Moon ; and on the authority of Cassini , who assigns fifty leagues more to the axis of the Earth than to it's diameter in any other directi on . In the second place , I have on my side authentic ex- periments , collected by the Academy ...
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Africa alternate Currents America ancient animals appear ascribe Asia Atlantic Ocean Azores Beotia Cape Cape Horn cause Climate coasts colour Continents contrary corruption covered Currents degree Earth effects effusions elevation employed Equator Europe extend extremity eyes farther fire fishes flowers forests France frequently Globe greatest happiness harmonies heat Heaven Hemisphere History human Imaüs Indian Ocean inhabitants insects islands Isle James Rousseau land Latitude laws leagues likewise live manner means melting monsoon Moon mountains multitude Nations Nature Navigators never night North North Pole observed Peru plants polar Circle polar ices present produced proportion reason render respect rivers rocks round sand says shores snows South Pole species Strait Straits of Gibraltar subsist Summer tains thing thou Tides tion torrid Zone trees Tropics UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA vast vegetable virtue Voyage whole winds Winter World
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Side 45 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Side 161 - God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged ; the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained ; and the waters returned from off the earth continually : and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Side 168 - When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it, And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, "Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Side 168 - Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Side 169 - Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days ; and caused the day-spring to know his place, that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? It is turned as clay to the seal ; and they stand as a garment.
Side 169 - Have the gates of death been opened unto thee ? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death ? Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth ? declare if thou knowest it all.
Side 169 - Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. Where is the way where light dwelleth ? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, that thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
Side 124 - The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; Even the waters forgotten of the foot; They are dried up, they are gone away from men.
Side 168 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Side 161 - While the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.