Earth, Sea and Sky, Or, the Hand of God in the Works of Nature, Band 1T. Nelson, 1859 - 416 Seiten |
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... heat , electricity , and other constant sources of change and the economy of life in plants and animals . It is thus peculiarly adapted for leading the mind to reflection , and awakening in it a desire for further knowledge , and a ...
... heat , electricity , and other constant sources of change and the economy of life in plants and animals . It is thus peculiarly adapted for leading the mind to reflection , and awakening in it a desire for further knowledge , and a ...
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John Marius Wilson. CHAPTER V. CHEMICAL ACTION . Definition of Chemical Action - Heat - Atmospheric Temperature- Chemical Affinity - Divine Agency in Chemical Changes - Laws of Chemical Combination - Chemical Behaviour of Oxygen , of ...
John Marius Wilson. CHAPTER V. CHEMICAL ACTION . Definition of Chemical Action - Heat - Atmospheric Temperature- Chemical Affinity - Divine Agency in Chemical Changes - Laws of Chemical Combination - Chemical Behaviour of Oxygen , of ...
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... and night . It maintains a mean distance of about ninety - five millions of miles from the sun , and enjoys there a happy mild- ness in the intensity of his light and heat . It travels A at the average rate of sixty - eight thousand miles.
... and night . It maintains a mean distance of about ninety - five millions of miles from the sun , and enjoys there a happy mild- ness in the intensity of his light and heat . It travels A at the average rate of sixty - eight thousand miles.
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... heat . Another atmosphere of denser material seems to extend below , and probably lets only a very small proportion of the light and heat pass through The surface of the solid THE SKY . 7.
... heat . Another atmosphere of denser material seems to extend below , and probably lets only a very small proportion of the light and heat pass through The surface of the solid THE SKY . 7.
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... heat is carried on , or how the sun al- together combines the character of a stupendous world of itself with the character of a life - centre to many other worlds , are wonders which no man can explain . Eclipses are phenomena which ...
... heat is carried on , or how the sun al- together combines the character of a stupendous world of itself with the character of a life - centre to many other worlds , are wonders which no man can explain . Eclipses are phenomena which ...
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action aloft ammonites animalcules animals aphides appearance atmosphere aurora borealis basalt beautiful birds body called carbonic acid carpel cells character chemical chemical affinity clouds colour combination comprise constitute creatures curious dark deposits distance Divine earth electric epochs exist fall flowers fluid force gases glory grand ground heat heaven height inhabitants insects instances island kinds lake land larvæ leaves less light liquid living look magnificent masses metamorphic rocks miles mineral minute molluscs moon mountains move multitudes nature nearly occur ocean organic organised oxygen peculiar phosphorescence plants possess pre-adamite prodigious produce pupa quadrupeds quantity racters rain regions remarkable resembling rise rivers rocks sedimentary rocks seeds shells similar snow soil sometimes sound species sporules star-stones stem stupendous sublime substances surface temperature things thousand thunder tion trees tropics vapour varieties vast vegetable volcanoes wind wings winter wonderful zoophytes
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Seite 227 - Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Seite 237 - Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature. For by him were all things created that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions, or principalities, or powers, all things were created by him and for him: and he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Seite 372 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Seite 37 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon. Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Seite 210 - Thy way is in the sea, And thy path in the great waters, And thy footsteps are not known.
Seite 210 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Seite 273 - All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Seite 158 - Rise, O ever rise, Rise like a cloud of Incense, from the Earth ! Thou kingly Spirit throned among the hills, Thou dread Ambassador from Earth to Heaven, Great Hierarch ! tell thou the silent Sky, And tell the Stars, and tell yon rising Sun, Earth, with her thousand voices, praises GOD.
Seite 176 - Ye ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain — Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? — God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
Seite 27 - I HAD a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air...