Physico-theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. Being the Substance of XVI Sermons Preached in St. Mary Le Bow-church, London, at the Honble Mr. Boyle's Lectures, in the Years 1711 and 1712. With Large Notes and Many Curious Observations |
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... Note 1. Chap 5. B 1. con cerning Gravity ; and in this Fourth , Page 16 , and 18. I have inferted two Paffages out ... Note 3. Line 1o . read 22528364. p . 200. 1. 5. dele to . p . 224. Notes 1. 1. for IV . r . IX . p . 343. 1. ult ...
... Note 1. Chap 5. B 1. con cerning Gravity ; and in this Fourth , Page 16 , and 18. I have inferted two Paffages out ... Note 3. Line 1o . read 22528364. p . 200. 1. 5. dele to . p . 224. Notes 1. 1. for IV . r . IX . p . 343. 1. ult ...
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... Notes and Many Cur William Derham. ried twelve Rowers , befides the Paffengers . It was tryed in the River of Thames ; and ... Note ; it is found , that even the extraordinary natural Rarefactions , upon the tops of very high Hills , much ...
... Notes and Many Cur William Derham. ried twelve Rowers , befides the Paffengers . It was tryed in the River of Thames ; and ... Note ; it is found , that even the extraordinary natural Rarefactions , upon the tops of very high Hills , much ...
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... Note 1 . And as our Inability to live in too rare and light an Air may difcourage thofe vain Attempts of Flying and Whimsies of paffing to the Moon , & c . so our being able to bear an heavier State of the Air is an excellent Provision ...
... Note 1 . And as our Inability to live in too rare and light an Air may difcourage thofe vain Attempts of Flying and Whimsies of paffing to the Moon , & c . so our being able to bear an heavier State of the Air is an excellent Provision ...
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... Notes and Many Cur William Derham. Ufe , and of fuch abfolute Neceffity are they to the Salubrity of the Atmosphere ... Note 4 : And to in our Cli mate , the Northerly and Southerly Winds ( commonly esteemed the Caufes of cold and warm ...
... Notes and Many Cur William Derham. Ufe , and of fuch abfolute Neceffity are they to the Salubrity of the Atmosphere ... Note 4 : And to in our Cli mate , the Northerly and Southerly Winds ( commonly esteemed the Caufes of cold and warm ...
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... Notes and Many Cur William Derham. CHA P. III . Of the Clouds and Rain . TH HE Clouds and Rain ( 1 ) we shall find to be no ... Note 2. And being lighter than the Atmosphere , are buoyed up thereby , until they become of an equal Weight ...
... Notes and Many Cur William Derham. CHA P. III . Of the Clouds and Rain . TH HE Clouds and Rain ( 1 ) we shall find to be no ... Note 2. And being lighter than the Atmosphere , are buoyed up thereby , until they become of an equal Weight ...
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