The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Band 1Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 |
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... contains , but lets it fall in con tinual rain ; and hence this part of the ocean re- ceives its name . There is a species of winds observable in some places between the tropics , called Monsoons , or Trade 12 The Contemplative ...
... contains , but lets it fall in con tinual rain ; and hence this part of the ocean re- ceives its name . There is a species of winds observable in some places between the tropics , called Monsoons , or Trade 12 The Contemplative ...
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... contains a somewhat less proportion of earth , than the former ; but neither of them contain either earth or any kind of salt , in any quantity , which can be sensibly efficacious in promoting vegetation . Allowing , therefore , that ...
... contains a somewhat less proportion of earth , than the former ; but neither of them contain either earth or any kind of salt , in any quantity , which can be sensibly efficacious in promoting vegetation . Allowing , therefore , that ...
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... contain , but which analysis and experiments have proved do not exist . It has also been des monstrated by experiment , that snow is oxyge nated water ; that , in the germination of seeds in particular , the presence and contact of ...
... contain , but which analysis and experiments have proved do not exist . It has also been des monstrated by experiment , that snow is oxyge nated water ; that , in the germination of seeds in particular , the presence and contact of ...
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... contains the best theory of comets hitherto published , has the double merit of having given new degrees of perfection and improvement to the science of astronomy , and of calming the fears and apprehensions of mankind , by showing ...
... contains the best theory of comets hitherto published , has the double merit of having given new degrees of perfection and improvement to the science of astronomy , and of calming the fears and apprehensions of mankind , by showing ...
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... contain , this is precisely the case with the earth and the comets in their perihelia . The approach of the comets to the sun , and the superabundant degree of heat which they receive from this approach , dispose them to send forth a ...
... contain , this is precisely the case with the earth and the comets in their perihelia . The approach of the comets to the sun , and the superabundant degree of heat which they receive from this approach , dispose them to send forth a ...
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