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Page 58
... fluids in such a tube , is caused by the pressure of the air on the surface of the external mercury or water : hence , it is inferred , and with reason , that the elasticity of the air which we breathe , is in all places equal in force ...
... fluids in such a tube , is caused by the pressure of the air on the surface of the external mercury or water : hence , it is inferred , and with reason , that the elasticity of the air which we breathe , is in all places equal in force ...
Page 79
... fluid parts against their solid parts , gives them a tendency to go forward in a straight line ; and those two forces so balance each other , that they neutralize one another , and , in consequence , the planets are moved round the sun ...
... fluid parts against their solid parts , gives them a tendency to go forward in a straight line ; and those two forces so balance each other , that they neutralize one another , and , in consequence , the planets are moved round the sun ...
Page 98
... fluid bodies . 2. - Sir Richard Phillips , in a late Essay in the Month- ly Magazine for September and October , 1811 , success- fully combated the prevailing notion of an occult or in- visible influence called attraction , acting ...
... fluid bodies . 2. - Sir Richard Phillips , in a late Essay in the Month- ly Magazine for September and October , 1811 , success- fully combated the prevailing notion of an occult or in- visible influence called attraction , acting ...
Page 164
... fluid in which we live , is found to be composed of 28 parts of oxygen , or pure vital . air ; and 72 parts of nitrogen , or air in which animals will not live ; but the due mixture of both , forms the salu- tary fluid or atmospheric ...
... fluid in which we live , is found to be composed of 28 parts of oxygen , or pure vital . air ; and 72 parts of nitrogen , or air in which animals will not live ; but the due mixture of both , forms the salu- tary fluid or atmospheric ...
Page 169
... fluid possessed by each of us , and our lives depend on its constant circulation , it is not allowed to remain at the extremity of the arteries , but is there taken up by another set of tubes called veins , and by them brought back ...
... fluid possessed by each of us , and our lives depend on its constant circulation , it is not allowed to remain at the extremity of the arteries , but is there taken up by another set of tubes called veins , and by them brought back ...
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Page 116 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Page 265 - Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air.
Page 180 - To view the structure of this little work, A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without. No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finish'd ! What nice hand, With ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years apprenticeship to boot, Could make me such another?
Page 41 - That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction, are illegal and void. 13. And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the laws, parliament ought to be held frequently.
Page 104 - Horrid with frost, and turbulent with storm, Blows autumn, and his golden fruits away : Then melts into the spring: soft spring, with breath Favonian, from warm chambers of the south, Recalls the first. All, to re-flourish, fades ; As in a wheel, all sinks, to re-ascend. Emblems of man, who passes, not expires.
Page 167 - See through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth! Above, how high progressive life may go ! Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being! which from God began; Natures...
Page 40 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Page 193 - Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives and what denies ? VII. Far as creation's ample range extends, The scale of sensual, mental powers ascends : Mark how it mounts to man's imperial race, From the green myriads in the peopled grass ! What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme!
Page 42 - Political liberty consists in the power of doing whatever does not injure another. The exercise of the natural rights of every man, has no other limits than those which are necessary to secure to every other man the free exercise of the same rights ; and these limits are determinable only by the law.