Observations on the Climate in Different Parts of America: Compared with the Climate in Corresponding Parts of the Other Continent. To which are Added, Remarks on the Different Complexions of the Human Race; with Some Account of the Aborigines of America. Being an Introductory Discourse to The History of North-Carolina ...T. & J. Swords, 1811 - 199 Seiten |
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... nature , and causes man and beast to degenerate ; * a country , for which a new and inferior race of men has been created . Before we enter upon the history of North - Carolina , it may not be improper * Buffon , Reynolds , and ...
... nature , and causes man and beast to degenerate ; * a country , for which a new and inferior race of men has been created . Before we enter upon the history of North - Carolina , it may not be improper * Buffon , Reynolds , and ...
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... nature must degenerate here . The old con- tinent is not supposed to have risen , of late , from the ocean , but we can mark the period when the winters in Asia and Europe were as cold , perhaps colder , than they now are in ...
... nature must degenerate here . The old con- tinent is not supposed to have risen , of late , from the ocean , but we can mark the period when the winters in Asia and Europe were as cold , perhaps colder , than they now are in ...
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... nature ; but there are other phe- nomena , which cannot easily be explained , without having recourse to an igneous fluid ; to a substance sui generis , that pervades all nature ; a substance that may be active or inactive ; that may ...
... nature ; but there are other phe- nomena , which cannot easily be explained , without having recourse to an igneous fluid ; to a substance sui generis , that pervades all nature ; a substance that may be active or inactive ; that may ...
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... nature without some heat . Ice itself contains a greater or less degree . The ice of water contains more heat than the ice of brandy , and that contains more than the ice of mercury . of evaporation , upon the surface of the earth , ( 23 )
... nature without some heat . Ice itself contains a greater or less degree . The ice of water contains more heat than the ice of brandy , and that contains more than the ice of mercury . of evaporation , upon the surface of the earth , ( 23 )
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... nature , covered with trees , must be much colder than the same country when cleared . Little heat can be excited on the surface of a great forest ; for in every part , where the sun can pene- trate through the trees or bushes , it ...
... nature , covered with trees , must be much colder than the same country when cleared . Little heat can be excited on the surface of a great forest ; for in every part , where the sun can pene- trate through the trees or bushes , it ...
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alleged America American savage ancestors animals antiquity Apelachian appears arts Asia Atlantic Atlantic Ocean atmosphere beast become body Brahmans cause coast colder colonies colour complexion covered cultivation degenerate degree of cold degree of latitude discovered earth easterly eastward effect Egypt Egyptians Europe evaporation Falkland islands flood fluid formed formerly greater greatly Greenland Gulf stream habits hair heat Hence it follows Herodotus high latitudes Hindoos historians human race hundred Iceland Indians inhabitants islands Jews land lately lati latitude less live migrated Moses mountains nation natives nature navigation nearly Nootka Sound observed ocean old continent opinion Panonia papillæ Persia philosophers present prevail produced quadrupeds rain reason regions river Siberia Sir William Jones skin snow soil South-America supposed surface Tartars temperate temperature thousand tion trade wind tudes tumuli turkey vernal equinox Vinland warm climates warmer westerly winds winter
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 165 - caused it to rain upon the earth. But there went up a " mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the « ground.
Seite 155 - Then shall the dust return to the earth as it " was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.
Seite 79 - Quoique le sauvage du nouveau monde soit à peu près " de même stature que l'homme de notre monde, cela ne " suffit pas pour qu'il puisse faire une exception au fait " général du rapetissement de la nature vivante dans tout «' ce continent Le sauvage est foible & petit par les
Seite 155 - The wicked is driven away in his " wickedness, but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Seite 19 - He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes; he casteth forth his ice like morsels: who
Seite ii - and Proprietors of such Copies, during the Time therein mentioned." And also to an Act, entitled,
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Seite ii - Independence of the United States of America, Thomas and James Swords, of the said district, hare deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following,
Seite 161 - This, however, had produced no alteration in the climate of Egypt. The fruits of the earth, and the phenomena of the Nile, had always been the same; nor had any extraordinary or fatal diseases occurred.
Seite 148 - God made a wind to pass over the earth and the waters assuaged.