A System of Natural Philosophy: In which the Principles of Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Acoustics, Optics, Astronomy, Electricity and Magnetism, are Familiarly Explained ... |
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... sun , Mercury , Venus , 209 Causes of heat and cold of the Seasons , 239 210 Summer and winter rays , 212 Figure of the earth , • 212 Solar and siderial time , 241 242 245 The earth , 214 Equation of time , : 247 The moon , 214 ...
... sun , Mercury , Venus , 209 Causes of heat and cold of the Seasons , 239 210 Summer and winter rays , 212 Figure of the earth , • 212 Solar and siderial time , 241 242 245 The earth , 214 Equation of time , : 247 The moon , 214 ...
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... sun , earth , moon , and indeed all the heavenly bodies , are illustrations of this law , and therefore were probably in so soft a state when first formed , as to allow their particles freely to arrange themselves accordingly ...
... sun , earth , moon , and indeed all the heavenly bodies , are illustrations of this law , and therefore were probably in so soft a state when first formed , as to allow their particles freely to arrange themselves accordingly ...
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... sun in sixty - four days and ten hours , a distance of 95,000,000 of miles . Every one knows by his own experience the different Suppose the times of a falling body are as the numbers 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , what will be the numbers ...
... sun in sixty - four days and ten hours , a distance of 95,000,000 of miles . Every one knows by his own experience the different Suppose the times of a falling body are as the numbers 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , what will be the numbers ...
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... sun - no change of seasons - no fall of rain - no building of houses , and finally no animal life . Nothing can be done with- out motion , and therefore without it , the whole universe would be at rest and dead . In the language of ...
... sun - no change of seasons - no fall of rain - no building of houses , and finally no animal life . Nothing can be done with- out motion , and therefore without it , the whole universe would be at rest and dead . In the language of ...
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... sun had just set with a placid appearance , closing a beautiful afternoon , and the usual mirth of the evening watch proceeded , when the captain's orders came to prepare with all haste for a storm . The barometer had begun to fall with ...
... sun had just set with a placid appearance , closing a beautiful afternoon , and the usual mirth of the evening watch proceeded , when the captain's orders came to prepare with all haste for a storm . The barometer had begun to fall with ...
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Page ii - In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned.
Page 206 - The names of the 12 signs of the zodiac are, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. The...
Page 215 - Different opinions have been advanced by astronomers respecting the cause of these appearances. By some they have been regarded as clouds, or as openings in the atmosphere of the planet, while others imagine that they are the marks of great natural changes, or revolutions, which are perpetually agitating the surface of that planet. It is, however, most probable, that these appearances are produced by the agency of some cause, of which we, on this little earth, must always be entirely ignorant.
Page 285 - ... called the knob of the jar, is made to descend through the cover, till it touches the interior coating. It is along this rod that the charge of electricity is conveyed to the inner coating, while the outer coating is made to communicate with the ground.
Page 255 - The moon always presents the same face to us, by which it is evident that she turns but once upon her axis, while she performs a revolution round the earth ; so that the inhabitants of the moon have but one day and one night in the course of a lunar month. Since we always see the same hemisphere of the moon, the inhabitants of that hemisphere alone can see the earth.
Page 205 - Each of the 12 signs of the zodiac is divided into 30 smaller parts, called degrees; each degree into 60 equal- parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 parts, called seconds.
Page 236 - It will be observed by a careful perusal of the above explanation of the seasons, and a close inspection of the figure by which it is illustrated, that the sun constantly shines on a portion of the earth equal to 90 degrees north, and 90 degrees south from his place in the heavens, and consequently, that he always enlightens 180 degrees, or one half of the earth. If, therefore, the axis of the earth were perpendicular to the plane of its orbit, the days and nights would...
Page 128 - ... came to prepare with all haste for a storm. The barometer had begun to fall with appalling rapidity. As yet, the oldest sailors had not perceived even a threatening in the sky, and were surprised at the extent and hurry of the preparations: but the required measures were not completed, when a more awful hurricane burst upon them than the most experienced had ever braved. Nothing could withstand it; the sails already furled and closely bound to the yards, were riven away in tatters; even the bare...
Page 266 - Latitude is the distance from the equator in a direct line, north or south, measured in degrees and minutes. The number of degrees is 90 north, and as many south, each line on which these degrees are reckoned running from the equator to the poles. Places at the north of the equator are in north latitude, and those south of the equator are in south latitude.
Page 98 - It is evident that the force to be obtained by this principle, can only be limited by the strength of the materials of which the engine is made. Thus, if a pressure of two tons be given to a piston, the diameter of which is only a quarter of an inch, the force transmitted to the other piston, if three feet in diameter, would be...