Chemistry of the Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter: An Essay, Principally Concerning Natural Phenomena Admitting of Interpretation by Chemical Science, and Illustrating Passages of ScriptureLea and Blanchard, 1846 - 451 pages |
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... 209. The ignis fatuus or Will o ' the Wisp , ib . Phosphorescent light of vegetable and animal matters , 210. Deleterious matters produced during the putre- 229 . faction of organic bodies , 211. The marsh xii CONTENTS .
... 209. The ignis fatuus or Will o ' the Wisp , ib . Phosphorescent light of vegetable and animal matters , 210. Deleterious matters produced during the putre- 229 . faction of organic bodies , 211. The marsh xii CONTENTS .
Page xvi
... light and heat , 408. Different sensations experienced upon touching different substances having similar temperatures , 409. The terms heat and cold are merely relative , 413. Aëriform sub- stances extremely susceptible of change of ...
... light and heat , 408. Different sensations experienced upon touching different substances having similar temperatures , 409. The terms heat and cold are merely relative , 413. Aëriform sub- stances extremely susceptible of change of ...
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... Light , Heat , and Electricity , which are Imponderable . The ponderable elements are distinguished by the following names ; -those marked * are Combustible and non - metallic ; those marked † are Incombustible and non - metallic ; the ...
... Light , Heat , and Electricity , which are Imponderable . The ponderable elements are distinguished by the following names ; -those marked * are Combustible and non - metallic ; those marked † are Incombustible and non - metallic ; the ...
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... light enters the confines of the atmosphere , per- meates its transparent volume with incredible velocity , and illuminates the solid opaque earth . Such light is absolutely necessary for the welfare of the animal and vegetable creation ...
... light enters the confines of the atmosphere , per- meates its transparent volume with incredible velocity , and illuminates the solid opaque earth . Such light is absolutely necessary for the welfare of the animal and vegetable creation ...
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... light , leads them to consider that the bow may be caused by the colored refraction of light by drops of rain , for it is found that when the solar rays are caused to impinge upon watery spray , similar colors to those of the rainbow ...
... light , leads them to consider that the bow may be caused by the colored refraction of light by drops of rain , for it is found that when the solar rays are caused to impinge upon watery spray , similar colors to those of the rainbow ...
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Page 405 - ... a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and...
Page 145 - Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens and stretched them out ; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein...
Page 234 - The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful ; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
Page 288 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 244 - The voice of the Lord is powerful, the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars ; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
Page 434 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes to nothing ; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 59 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 183 - Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? 57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
Page 434 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 158 - They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.