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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... Salt - water rendered fresh by distillation . - Method of relieving thirst by sea - water Tendency of rivers to the sea . - Effect of the sun's rays on cloth of different colours On the vis inertia of matter On the different strata of ...
... Salt - water rendered fresh by distillation . - Method of relieving thirst by sea - water Tendency of rivers to the sea . - Effect of the sun's rays on cloth of different colours On the vis inertia of matter On the different strata of ...
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... salt in water . The specific gravity of matter is not altered by di- VOL . II . B viding viding the matter , though the superficies be increased . VOL II LETTERS AND PAPERS ON PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS Physical and meteorological ...
... salt in water . The specific gravity of matter is not altered by di- VOL . II . B viding viding the matter , though the superficies be increased . VOL II LETTERS AND PAPERS ON PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS Physical and meteorological ...
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... salt in water is not owing to its superficies being increased . A lump of salt , though laid at rest at the bottom of a vessel of water , will dissolve therein , and its parts move every way , till equally diffused in the water ...
... salt in water is not owing to its superficies being increased . A lump of salt , though laid at rest at the bottom of a vessel of water , will dissolve therein , and its parts move every way , till equally diffused in the water ...
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... salt , when coming across any vessel at sea . I suppose too , that there have been no salt rains ; these would make the case clear . I suppose it is from some unhappy effects of these dangerous creatures of nature , that sailors have an ...
... salt , when coming across any vessel at sea . I suppose too , that there have been no salt rains ; these would make the case clear . I suppose it is from some unhappy effects of these dangerous creatures of nature , that sailors have an ...
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... , as in that of Rome . But you object , if water may be thus carried into the clouds , why have we not salt rains ? The objection is strong and reasonable , and I know not whether is WATER - SPOUTS AND WHIRLWINDS . si.
... , as in that of Rome . But you object , if water may be thus carried into the clouds , why have we not salt rains ? The objection is strong and reasonable , and I know not whether is WATER - SPOUTS AND WHIRLWINDS . si.
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