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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... faid upon the Sub- ject , I hope my Performance may be accept- able although one of the meaneft . As for others who have before me done fomething of this kind , as Merfenne on Ge- nefis ; Dr. Cockburne in his Effays , Mr.Ray in his ...
... faid upon the Sub- ject , I hope my Performance may be accept- able although one of the meaneft . As for others who have before me done fomething of this kind , as Merfenne on Ge- nefis ; Dr. Cockburne in his Effays , Mr.Ray in his ...
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... faid , and that they always lie within the Scabbard , except in flinging as I have reprefented them , in Fig . 21. from the transparent Sting of Wafp . And as to the Spear being made of Foynts , and parted into two , as his Fig . 2 ...
... faid , and that they always lie within the Scabbard , except in flinging as I have reprefented them , in Fig . 21. from the transparent Sting of Wafp . And as to the Spear being made of Foynts , and parted into two , as his Fig . 2 ...
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... faid Bladder , which without doubt ferves for the convey- ing Air thereunto , In the Coat of this Bladder is a mufe culous Power to contract it when the Fish lifts . See more very curious Obfervations relating to this Matter , of the ...
... faid Bladder , which without doubt ferves for the convey- ing Air thereunto , In the Coat of this Bladder is a mufe culous Power to contract it when the Fish lifts . See more very curious Obfervations relating to this Matter , of the ...
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... faid to be the Caufe of the Winds . A An Equipoife of the Atmosphere produceth a Calm ; but if that . Equipoife be more or lefs taken off , a Stream of Air , or Wind , is thereby accordingly produced either ftronger or weaker , fwifter ...
... faid to be the Caufe of the Winds . A An Equipoife of the Atmosphere produceth a Calm ; but if that . Equipoife be more or lefs taken off , a Stream of Air , or Wind , is thereby accordingly produced either ftronger or weaker , fwifter ...
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... faid is ,, why a cold , is always a wet Summer , viz . because the Vapours rifing plentifully then , are by the Cold foon collected into Rain . A remarkable Inftance of this we had in the Summer of 1708 , part of which efpecially about ...
... faid is ,, why a cold , is always a wet Summer , viz . because the Vapours rifing plentifully then , are by the Cold foon collected into Rain . A remarkable Inftance of this we had in the Summer of 1708 , part of which efpecially about ...
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