The Complete Works, in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Now First Collected and Arranged: with Memoirs of His Early Life, Written by Himself ; in Three Volumes, Volume 2J. Johnson, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806 - 468 pages |
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... Thermometer , in crossing the Gulph Stream ; with other remarks made on board the Pensylvania packet , Capt . Osborne , bound from London to Philadelphia , in April and May , 1775 Observations of the warmth of the sea - water , & c . by ...
... Thermometer , in crossing the Gulph Stream ; with other remarks made on board the Pensylvania packet , Capt . Osborne , bound from London to Philadelphia , in April and May , 1775 Observations of the warmth of the sea - water , & c . by ...
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... thermometer by a feather dipt in spirit of wine , which has been kept in the same room , and has , of course , the same degree of heat or cold . The mercury sinks presently three or four de- grees , and the quicker , if , during the ...
... thermometer by a feather dipt in spirit of wine , which has been kept in the same room , and has , of course , the same degree of heat or cold . The mercury sinks presently three or four de- grees , and the quicker , if , during the ...
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... thermometer more than either ingredient would do separately . I suppose , with others , that cold is no- thing more than the absence of heat or fire . Now if the quantity of fire before contained or diffused in the snow and salt was ...
... thermometer more than either ingredient would do separately . I suppose , with others , that cold is no- thing more than the absence of heat or fire . Now if the quantity of fire before contained or diffused in the snow and salt was ...
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... thermometer sinks , by having part of its fire drawn out of the mercury ; the bason grows colder to the touch , as , by having its fire drawn into the mixture , it is become more capable of drawing and receiving it from the hand ; and ...
... thermometer sinks , by having part of its fire drawn out of the mercury ; the bason grows colder to the touch , as , by having its fire drawn into the mixture , it is become more capable of drawing and receiving it from the hand ; and ...
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... thermometer with common spi- rits , brought the mercury down five or six degrees . Being lately at Cambridge , and ... thermometer . By dip- ping first the ball of the thermometer into the ether , it appeared that the ether was precisely ...
... thermometer with common spi- rits , brought the mercury down five or six degrees . Being lately at Cambridge , and ... thermometer . By dip- ping first the ball of the thermometer into the ether , it appeared that the ether was precisely ...
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