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 4
... reason why England is so little troubled with earth- quakes , and Italy , and almost all round the Mediterra- nean Sea , so very much ; though another reason is , the paucity of pyrites in England . Comparing our earthquakes , thunder ...
... reason why England is so little troubled with earth- quakes , and Italy , and almost all round the Mediterra- nean Sea , so very much ; though another reason is , the paucity of pyrites in England . Comparing our earthquakes , thunder ...
Seite 32
... reason not only to be apprehensive that others may not easily receive the conceptions , but that I may have imposed on myself ; and it is for this reason , that I have submitted them to Mr. Logan's and your examination . I have already ...
... reason not only to be apprehensive that others may not easily receive the conceptions , but that I may have imposed on myself ; and it is for this reason , that I have submitted them to Mr. Logan's and your examination . I have already ...
Seite 166
... reason to be , that such places , and places where winds blow to- wards one another , are liable to whirlwinds , or other ascents of the lower region , which I suppose contrary to spouts . But the former are liable to descents , which I ...
... reason to be , that such places , and places where winds blow to- wards one another , are liable to whirlwinds , or other ascents of the lower region , which I suppose contrary to spouts . But the former are liable to descents , which I ...
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