The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 1R. Wilks for C. Cradock & W. Joy, 1815 |
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... reason to think he only proposed to verify some ancient measures of the earth , and that he found them to agree nearly with his own . * Ten millions of metres , according to the new measurement of the French National Institute ; the ...
... reason to think he only proposed to verify some ancient measures of the earth , and that he found them to agree nearly with his own . * Ten millions of metres , according to the new measurement of the French National Institute ; the ...
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... reason to alter this result by his observations . But of all the astronomers of antiquity , the science is most in debted to Hipparchus of Bithynia , for the great number and extent of his observations , by the important results he ...
... reason to alter this result by his observations . But of all the astronomers of antiquity , the science is most in debted to Hipparchus of Bithynia , for the great number and extent of his observations , by the important results he ...
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... reasons and argu- ments that induced him thereunto , which he hopes may seem reasonable enough to men skilled in geometrical , and astromical sci . ences ; such as he wishes his readers may be . But because he was well aware that many ...
... reasons and argu- ments that induced him thereunto , which he hopes may seem reasonable enough to men skilled in geometrical , and astromical sci . ences ; such as he wishes his readers may be . But because he was well aware that many ...
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... reason of the smallness of these figures , the true proportions could not be sufficiently exprest , he has added a particular explication , expressing in numbers , the distances of their orbs from the sun in the center , and the times ...
... reason of the smallness of these figures , the true proportions could not be sufficiently exprest , he has added a particular explication , expressing in numbers , the distances of their orbs from the sun in the center , and the times ...
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... reason , which he supposes to be the same as here seems to be for the con- templation of the works of the Creator , and the improvement of arts and sciences , he conceives that those inhabitants do not only contemplate and observe the ...
... reason , which he supposes to be the same as here seems to be for the con- templation of the works of the Creator , and the improvement of arts and sciences , he conceives that those inhabitants do not only contemplate and observe the ...
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Page 244 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven...
Page 243 - And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 329 - They consulted together whether it would be most prudent to trust to the houses, which now shook from side to side with frequent and violent concussions ; or fly to the open fields, where the calcined stones and cinders, though light indeed, yet fell in large showers, and threatened destruction.
Page 329 - ... which extended itself at the top into a sort of branches, occasioned, I imagine, either by a sudden gust of air that impelled it, the force of which decreased as it advanced upwards, or the cloud itself, being pressed back again by its own weight, expanded in this manner. It appeared sometimes bright and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less impregnated with earth and cinders.
Page 329 - Being got at a convenient distance from the houses, we stood still, in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting them with large stones. The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from its banks by the convulsive motion of the earth ; it is certain at least the shore was considerably enlarged, and...
Page 243 - For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Page 329 - ... dispersed the rest of the company, and obliged him to rise. He raised himself up with the assistance of two of his servants, and instantly fell down dead — suffocated, as I conjecture, by some gross and noxious vapour, having always had weak lungs, and being frequently subject to a difficulty of breathing.
Page 243 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man.
Page 329 - YOUR request that I would send you an account of my uncle's death, in order to transmit a more exact relation of it to posterity, deserves my acknowledgments ; for, if this accident shall be celebrated by your pen, the glory of it, I am well assured, will be rendered forever illustrious.
Page 243 - The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.