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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... greater than the resist- ance of the water , which in all cases remains the same , and equally resists the smallest alteration of the velocity , as the greatest . Suppose , for example , in the alteration of one second of latitude , how ...
... greater than the resist- ance of the water , which in all cases remains the same , and equally resists the smallest alteration of the velocity , as the greatest . Suppose , for example , in the alteration of one second of latitude , how ...
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... greater degree of heat is required to break the co- hesion between water and air . Air moderately heated will support a greater quantity of water invisibly than cold air ; for its particles , being by heat repelled to a greater distance ...
... greater degree of heat is required to break the co- hesion between water and air . Air moderately heated will support a greater quantity of water invisibly than cold air ; for its particles , being by heat repelled to a greater distance ...
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... greater or less , in proportion to the surface ex- posed by the same quantity of water to those causes of evaporation . While the river runs in a narrow con- fined channel in the upper hilly country , only a small surface is exposed ; a ...
... greater or less , in proportion to the surface ex- posed by the same quantity of water to those causes of evaporation . While the river runs in a narrow con- fined channel in the upper hilly country , only a small surface is exposed ; a ...
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A Proposal for promoting Useful Knowledge among | 14 |
TO CADWALLADER COLDEN 4 November 1743 | 25 |
CADWALLADER COLDEN TO B FRANKLIN Dec 1744 | 32 |
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