Chemistry of the Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter: An Essay, Principally Concerning Natural Phenomena Admitting of Interpretation by Chemical Science, and Illustrating Passages of Scripture |
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... effects of lightning , 240. Nitric acid produced by the union of the ele- ments of the air during a thunder - storm , 243. Showers of rain and hail during a thunder - storm , 244. The phenome- non of the water - spout , and its probable ...
... effects of lightning , 240. Nitric acid produced by the union of the ele- ments of the air during a thunder - storm , 243. Showers of rain and hail during a thunder - storm , 244. The phenome- non of the water - spout , and its probable ...
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... effects of this pheno- menon , 301. Very deep lakes resist congelation , 302. Sea water does not freeze at the same degree as fresh water , 303 . Experiment regarding the superficial formation of ice , 304 . Ice lighter than water , and ...
... effects of this pheno- menon , 301. Very deep lakes resist congelation , 302. Sea water does not freeze at the same degree as fresh water , 303 . Experiment regarding the superficial formation of ice , 304 . Ice lighter than water , and ...
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... effects that result throughout nature from the expansive force of water in freezing , 324. Rupture of water - pipes and bottles by frost , 326. Burning lens formed of a block of transparent ice , 327. The antiseptic power of ice , 329 ...
... effects that result throughout nature from the expansive force of water in freezing , 324. Rupture of water - pipes and bottles by frost , 326. Burning lens formed of a block of transparent ice , 327. The antiseptic power of ice , 329 ...
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... effect is miracuously restrained by the hand of Provi- dence , and not permitted to ensue throughout the entire volume of the air , or inevitable would be the destruc- tion of every living thing ; and the relatively minute portion of ...
... effect is miracuously restrained by the hand of Provi- dence , and not permitted to ensue throughout the entire volume of the air , or inevitable would be the destruc- tion of every living thing ; and the relatively minute portion of ...
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... effects upon terrestrial objects ; and although he can artificially elicit heat by various experiments , he is even then ignorant of its nature . " In all our excursions over the surface of the globe , innumerable objects excite our ...
... effects upon terrestrial objects ; and although he can artificially elicit heat by various experiments , he is even then ignorant of its nature . " In all our excursions over the surface of the globe , innumerable objects excite our ...
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Page 405 - ... a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and...
Page 145 - Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens and stretched them out ; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein...
Page 234 - The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful ; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
Page 288 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 244 - The voice of the Lord is powerful, the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars ; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
Page 434 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes to nothing ; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 59 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 183 - Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? 57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
Page 434 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 158 - They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.