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... tion ends there a repulfive Power commences . 7. This attracting Power may be con fider'd as affecting immediately the original Particles of Matter , and by that Means cauf- ing them to adhere or cohere firmly together , and fo ...
... tion ends there a repulfive Power commences . 7. This attracting Power may be con fider'd as affecting immediately the original Particles of Matter , and by that Means cauf- ing them to adhere or cohere firmly together , and fo ...
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... tion between the Particles of these Bodies , and those of the Fluids , than there is be- tween the Parts of the Fluids themselves . 26. Hence alfo we have the Reafon of the Operation of the capillary Siphon CD , which raifes Water thro ...
... tion between the Particles of these Bodies , and those of the Fluids , than there is be- tween the Parts of the Fluids themselves . 26. Hence alfo we have the Reafon of the Operation of the capillary Siphon CD , which raifes Water thro ...
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... tion , Sublimation , & c . which are nothing more than a Fluid or Solid Body , having its Parts by the Action of Fire separated beyond their Sphere of Attraction , and by that Means put into a repelling State , in which they rife from ...
... tion , Sublimation , & c . which are nothing more than a Fluid or Solid Body , having its Parts by the Action of Fire separated beyond their Sphere of Attraction , and by that Means put into a repelling State , in which they rife from ...
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... tion with the leaft Force , and fo conftitute the most voluble or Fluid Body . 44. We now proceed to account for the Fig . 12 . Nature , and establish the Theory of Vegetation in all Kinds of Plants ; and here we find , by examining ...
... tion with the leaft Force , and fo conftitute the most voluble or Fluid Body . 44. We now proceed to account for the Fig . 12 . Nature , and establish the Theory of Vegetation in all Kinds of Plants ; and here we find , by examining ...
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... tion B C , will not continue their Verdure and healthful State fo long as the other Leaves of the Tree . 52. But to put this Matter beyond all Fig . 16. Doubt , I tried the following Experiment . I feparated with a Knife the two Twigs C ...
... tion B C , will not continue their Verdure and healthful State fo long as the other Leaves of the Tree . 52. But to put this Matter beyond all Fig . 16. Doubt , I tried the following Experiment . I feparated with a Knife the two Twigs C ...
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Page 139 - ... bins 755 bushels of grain; there being in the first 125 bushels, and in the second 96 bushels, more than in the third ; how many bushels in the second and third ? Ans. 363 in the second, 267 in the third. 3. There is a certain island 30 miles in circumference. If A and B commence travelling round it, A at the rate of 3 miles an hour, and B at the rate of 5 miles an hour, how far apart will they be at, the end of 30 hours ? 4. Having money to invest, I purchased two farms at $ 1,750 each, and...
Page 113 - ... that a body plunged in a fluid loses as much of its weight as is equal to the weight of an equal volume of the fluid.
Page 140 - A walks at the rate of 3 miles per hour, and B at the rate of 4 miles per hour, after how many hours do they meet and how many miles does A walk ? 20.
Page 93 - ... themselves to any particular sect, selected whatever appeared to them the best and most rational from each. ECLIPSE, the deprivation of the light of the sun, or of some heavenly body, by the interposition of another heavenly body between our sight and it. Thus, eclipses of the sun happen by the moon's intervening between it and the earth ; by which means the shadow of the moon falls upon the earth, when the latitude of the moon does not prevent it, by elevating the moon above, or depressing it...
Page 40 - This is remedied by placing a convex glafs gb before the eye, which makes the rays converge fooner, and imprints the image duly on the retina at d. If either the cornea, or chryftalline humour, or both of them, be too convex, as in the eye...
Page 138 - ... Our earth, which we consider as a planet, is 24 hours in performing one revolution on its axis; in that period of time, therefore, we have a day and a night. Hence this revolution is called the earth's diurnal or daily motion ; and it is this revolution of the earth from west to east which produces an apparent motion of the sun, moon, and stars, in a contrary direction. Let us now suppose ourselves to be beings, independent of any planet, travelling in the skies, and looking upon the earth in...
Page 156 - ... so that it may revolve freely, carrying round with it the attached wheel. On the axis is coiled a rope which sustains the weight ; and round the periphery of the wheel is coiled another rope, in a contrary direction, to which is suspended the power. Then supposing the machine to be put in motion, the velocity of the power will be to that of the weight, as the circumference of the wheel to that of the axle ; for it will be perceived that the power must sink through a space equal to the circumference...
Page 144 - The change of motion is always proportional to the moving force impressed, and is always made according to the right line, in .which that force is impressed.
Page 96 - NIGHT. 101 nights. For an inhabitant at the equator, and one on the same meridian towards the poles, would come into the light at the same time, and, on the other side, would immerge into darkness at the...