The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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Page 148
... salt , and iron scum , Heaves up its boiling tide . The lab'ring mount Is torn with agonizing throes . At once , Forth from its side disparted , blazing pours A mighty river ; burning in prone waves , That glimmer thro ' the night , to ...
... salt , and iron scum , Heaves up its boiling tide . The lab'ring mount Is torn with agonizing throes . At once , Forth from its side disparted , blazing pours A mighty river ; burning in prone waves , That glimmer thro ' the night , to ...
Page 149
... salt , & c . calcined , rendered fusible , and vitrified , by the fire of the volcanos ; but as the mass , of which it originally consists , is very hetero- geneous , the lava , when cold , appears under various forms and colours . The ...
... salt , & c . calcined , rendered fusible , and vitrified , by the fire of the volcanos ; but as the mass , of which it originally consists , is very hetero- geneous , the lava , when cold , appears under various forms and colours . The ...
Page 157
... salts and weeds , and is again transformed to a pure clay , by another curious pro- cess of Nature . The naturalist may indeed decide as to the present quality of any natural production ; but it would be presumptuous in him to decide as ...
... salts and weeds , and is again transformed to a pure clay , by another curious pro- cess of Nature . The naturalist may indeed decide as to the present quality of any natural production ; but it would be presumptuous in him to decide as ...
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... salt , the sea must have gradually acquired its present quantity of salt from the long continued influx of rivers . The water which is carried into the sea by the rivers , is again separated from it by evaporation , and being dispersed ...
... salt , the sea must have gradually acquired its present quantity of salt from the long continued influx of rivers . The water which is carried into the sea by the rivers , is again separated from it by evaporation , and being dispersed ...
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... salt are not unfrequent in any quarter of the globe ; and conceiving , with great probability , the bottom of the sea to be analogous in its formation to the surface of the earth , have undertaken to derive its saltness from the beds of ...
... salt are not unfrequent in any quarter of the globe ; and conceiving , with great probability , the bottom of the sea to be analogous in its formation to the surface of the earth , have undertaken to derive its saltness from the beds of ...
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