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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Page xi
... thermometer to the agriculturist , 108. The thermometer merely denotes the degree of heat that a medium can impart , and not the actual quantity of heat that such medium contains , ib . Substances of the same temperature contain ...
... thermometer to the agriculturist , 108. The thermometer merely denotes the degree of heat that a medium can impart , and not the actual quantity of heat that such medium contains , ib . Substances of the same temperature contain ...
Page xv
... thermometer , 320. The principle upon which the Barometer is constructed , 321. The examination of the freezing of water continued , 322 . sion of water during its transition into ice , ib . Experimental illustration of this curious and ...
... thermometer , 320. The principle upon which the Barometer is constructed , 321. The examination of the freezing of water continued , 322 . sion of water during its transition into ice , ib . Experimental illustration of this curious and ...
Page 106
... thermometer , the chemist has dis- covered that some soils are more easily heated than others , when equally exposed to the rays of the sun ; and when they eventually acquire the same degree of temperature , some cool faster than others ...
... thermometer , the chemist has dis- covered that some soils are more easily heated than others , when equally exposed to the rays of the sun ; and when they eventually acquire the same degree of temperature , some cool faster than others ...
Page 107
... thermometer , and the soils were placed upon equal - sized shallow trays , made of tin plate . Upon considering the results of these experiments , “ Nothing can be more evident than that the general heat of the soil , particularly in ...
... thermometer , and the soils were placed upon equal - sized shallow trays , made of tin plate . Upon considering the results of these experiments , “ Nothing can be more evident than that the general heat of the soil , particularly in ...
Page 108
... thermometer may be sometimes a useful instrument to the purchaser or im- prover of lands . " The thermometer , although so frequently consulted throughout the Four Seasons , merely denotes the degree of heat that air , water , earth ...
... thermometer may be sometimes a useful instrument to the purchaser or im- prover of lands . " The thermometer , although so frequently consulted throughout the Four Seasons , merely denotes the degree of heat that air , water , earth ...
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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.