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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... heated to 88 degrees , was exposed in a tem- perature of 55 degrees ; in less than a quarter of an hour it was found to have gained the temperature of the room . " growth of plants , 99. Destruction of plants and modifications PREFACE .
... heated to 88 degrees , was exposed in a tem- perature of 55 degrees ; in less than a quarter of an hour it was found to have gained the temperature of the room . " growth of plants , 99. Destruction of plants and modifications PREFACE .
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... plants , 99. Destruction of plants and modifications of the colors of flowers by acid vapors , 100. Plants may be grown in a confined portion of air , and thus protected from injury in smoky cities , 102. Tremulous motion of objects ...
... plants , 99. Destruction of plants and modifications of the colors of flowers by acid vapors , 100. Plants may be grown in a confined portion of air , and thus protected from injury in smoky cities , 102. Tremulous motion of objects ...
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... plants purify water from the results of the respiration of fishes , 199-206 . Water is incapable of being heated by the solar rays , 207. The solar rays collected to a burning focus by a globular vessel filled with water , 208. The gas ...
... plants purify water from the results of the respiration of fishes , 199-206 . Water is incapable of being heated by the solar rays , 207. The solar rays collected to a burning focus by a globular vessel filled with water , 208. The gas ...
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... plants to remove obstacles opposed to their growth , 250 . The origin of the Corinthian capital , 251. Things of com- mon occurrence present scientific information when proper- ly examined , 253. The corn harvest the grand feature of ...
... plants to remove obstacles opposed to their growth , 250 . The origin of the Corinthian capital , 251. Things of com- mon occurrence present scientific information when proper- ly examined , 253. The corn harvest the grand feature of ...
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... plant called the salsola soda ; and as these are the only two substances obtained by the analysis of Common salt , he terms it Chloride of Sodium , to express its constitution with precision . But the chemist is now only half satisfied ...
... plant called the salsola soda ; and as these are the only two substances obtained by the analysis of Common salt , he terms it Chloride of Sodium , to express its constitution with precision . But the chemist is now only half satisfied ...
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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.