The Philosophical Grammar: Being a View of the Present State of Experiment Physiology, Or Natural Philosophy ...J. Noon, 1735 - 322 עמודים |
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עמוד 35
... lefs infinitely durable , than it is in- finitely divifible . A. Which are thofe other Properties of Bodies , which you call Specific or Acci dental ? B. They are generally reckoned the fol- lowing : I. Light . 11. Colours . III . Sound ...
... lefs infinitely durable , than it is in- finitely divifible . A. Which are thofe other Properties of Bodies , which you call Specific or Acci dental ? B. They are generally reckoned the fol- lowing : I. Light . 11. Colours . III . Sound ...
עמוד 70
... lefs and lefs , till they entirely ceafe : This is eafy to be obferved by the Ear in Bells , and by the Eye in a String under Tenfion . A. There is one Thing more I had al- moft forgot to enquire the Reafon of , tho ' I guess how it ...
... lefs and lefs , till they entirely ceafe : This is eafy to be obferved by the Ear in Bells , and by the Eye in a String under Tenfion . A. There is one Thing more I had al- moft forgot to enquire the Reafon of , tho ' I guess how it ...
עמוד 85
... lefs than that of our Organs of Feeling , then it occafions in us the Senfation or Idea of Cold or Coldness . A. Then , if I take you right , Sir , the Reafon or Difference of Heat and Cold , for Inftance , in Water , lieth in this ...
... lefs than that of our Organs of Feeling , then it occafions in us the Senfation or Idea of Cold or Coldness . A. Then , if I take you right , Sir , the Reafon or Difference of Heat and Cold , for Inftance , in Water , lieth in this ...
עמוד 86
... lefs Degree than of those in the Hand ; and thus we find it to be ei ther Hot or Cold . B. Yes , that is the true Nature of the Cafe , according to modern Philofophy and manifold Experiments . A. Pray how do you conceive of Flame ? B ...
... lefs Degree than of those in the Hand ; and thus we find it to be ei ther Hot or Cold . B. Yes , that is the true Nature of the Cafe , according to modern Philofophy and manifold Experiments . A. Pray how do you conceive of Flame ? B ...
עמוד 89
... lefs at B than at A ; and 9 Times less at C than at A : Do you appre- hend it now ? See Fig . XVIII . A. Very well , Sir , and am obliged to you : But , pray , Sir , how comes it about that that fome irrational Animals , especially fome ...
... lefs at B than at A ; and 9 Times less at C than at A : Do you appre- hend it now ? See Fig . XVIII . A. Very well , Sir , and am obliged to you : But , pray , Sir , how comes it about that that fome irrational Animals , especially fome ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
abfolute alfo alſo appear Axiom becauſe Cafe Caufe Cauſe Center Cold Colours Comets confequently confift Defign Denfity Difcourfe Diſtance Divifibility doth Earth equal faid fame feem feen felf feven feveral fhall fhew fince firft firſt Fluid fmall folid fome fometimes ftance fuch fuppofe Glafs Gravity greateſt hath Heat Hypothefes increaſed infinite Inftruments juft Jupiter leaft lefs mean Miles moft Moon moſt Motion move muft muſt natural Bodies Number obferve paffing Particles of Matter Philofophy Place Planets pleaſe Pofition Pray prefent Properties Proportion Qualities Quantity of Matter rarified Rays of Light Reafon Refiftance Reflection refracted refrangible Saturn Selenography Senfes ſhould Sir Ifaac ſmall Somatology Sound Space Stars Stone Subftance Sun's Syftem thefe thereof theſe Things thofe thoſe tion underſtand univerfal uſed Vapours Veffels Velocity vifible Water Weight whence whereby whofe Winds wonderful
קטעים בולטים
עמוד x - When God hath shower'd the earth ; so lovely seem'd That landscape : and of pure, now purer air Meets his approach, and to the heart inspires Vernal delight and joy, able to drive All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
עמוד 293 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
עמוד 237 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
עמוד xii - The cheerfulness of heart which springs up in us from the survey of nature's works, is an admirable preparation for gratitude. The mind has gone a great way towards praise and thanksgiving, that is filled with such a secret gladness.
עמוד xi - But among this set of writers, there are none who more gratify and enlarge the imagination, than the authors of the new philosophy, whether we consider their theories of the earth or heavens, the discoveries they have made by glasses, or any other of their contemplations on nature. We are not a little pleased to find every green leaf swarm with millions of animals, that at their largest growth are not visible to the...
עמוד 313 - O AZURE vaults ! O crystal sky ! The world's transparent canopy ! Break your long silence, and let mortals know, With what contempt you look on things below.
עמוד x - ... months of the year with a lively verdure. In the opening of the spring, when all Nature begins to recover herself, the same animal pleasure which makes the birds sing, and the whole brute creation rejoice, rises very sensibly in the heart of man. I know none of the poets who have observed so well as Milton those secret overflowings of gladness which...
עמוד 161 - ... be contrary to the under current ; for the 'upper air muft move from thofe parts where the greateft heat is, and fo by a kind of circulation the NE trade wind below will be attended with a SW above...
עמוד ix - Delightful scenes, whether in nature, painting, or poetry, have a kindly influence on the body as well as the mind ; and not only serve to clear and brighten the imagination, but are able to disperse grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions.
עמוד xi - ... to the naked eye. There is something very engaging to the fancy, as well as to our reason, in the treatises of metals, minerals, plants, and meteors. But when we survey the whole earth at once, and the several planets that lie...