The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, Band 6Childs & Peterson, 1840 |
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... cool for the season and climate . And this is worth remark , because cool air is weighty , and will not ascend ; besides , when the air grows cool , it shows , that the upper region descends , and conveys this temper down ; and , when ...
... cool for the season and climate . And this is worth remark , because cool air is weighty , and will not ascend ; besides , when the air grows cool , it shows , that the upper region descends , and conveys this temper down ; and , when ...
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... cool it , balance , in some degree , the warmer effects of the sun's rays ? Is it not owing to the constant evaporation from the surface of every leaf , that trees , though shone on by the sun , are always , even the degrees higher ...
... cool it , balance , in some degree , the warmer effects of the sun's rays ? Is it not owing to the constant evaporation from the surface of every leaf , that trees , though shone on by the sun , are always , even the degrees higher ...
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... cool to our sense ? at least , much cooler than they would otherwise be ? May it not be owing to this , that fanning ourselves when warm , does really cool us , though the air is itself warm that we drive with the fan upon our faces ...
... cool to our sense ? at least , much cooler than they would otherwise be ? May it not be owing to this , that fanning ourselves when warm , does really cool us , though the air is itself warm that we drive with the fan upon our faces ...
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Causes of Earthquakes 15 December 1737 | 14 |
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