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 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-3 von 63
Seite 11
... houses were thrown down through- out the island . One Hopkins had his plantation re- moved half a mile from its place . Of all wells , from one fathom to six or seven , the water flew out at the top with a vehement motion . While the houses ...
... houses were thrown down through- out the island . One Hopkins had his plantation re- moved half a mile from its place . Of all wells , from one fathom to six or seven , the water flew out at the top with a vehement motion . While the houses ...
Seite 333
... houses , and I did not see how one of them could well be burnt . The roofs are slate or tile , the walls are stone , the walls generally lined with stucco or plaster , instead of wainscot , the floors of stuc- co , or of six square ...
... houses , and I did not see how one of them could well be burnt . The roofs are slate or tile , the walls are stone , the walls generally lined with stucco or plaster , instead of wainscot , the floors of stuc- co , or of six square ...
Seite 520
... houses , and the tops of the kitchen chimneys lower than the top of the houses , the whole side of a street , when the wind blows against its back , forms such a dam as above described ; and the wind , so obstructed , forces down those ...
... houses , and the tops of the kitchen chimneys lower than the top of the houses , the whole side of a street , when the wind blows against its back , forms such a dam as above described ; and the wind , so obstructed , forces down those ...
Inhalt
A Proposal for promoting Useful Knowledge among | 14 |
TO CADWALLADER COLDEN 4 November 1743 | 25 |
CADWALLADER COLDEN TO B FRANKLIN Dec 1744 | 32 |
57 weitere Abschnitte werden nicht angezeigt.
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
air-box America appears Aurora Borealis boat body CADWALLADER COLDEN catarrhs cause chimney cloud coals cold air common conductor continue cool Copley Medal DEAR SIR degree descending diameter distance earth EDITOR effect electricity England equal experiment feet fire fire-place flame fluid force FRANKLIN fresh funnel give glass Gulf Stream heat hygrometer inches ingenious iron JOSEPH PRIESTLEY kind letter light London magic squares mentioned mercury miles moisture motion move observed occasion paper particles pass passage perhaps perspirable Philadelphia Philosophical piece pleasure present putrid quantity rarefied received rise river round Royal Society sail salt ship side Sir John Pringle Sir William Hamilton smoke soon sound specific gravity spout stove suppose surface thing tion transit of Venus upper vapor vessel waves weight whirlwind whole wind wood