Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy: Considered in It's [sic] Present State of Improvement. Describing in a Familiar and Easy Manner, the Principal Phenomena of Nature; and Shewing, that They All Co-operate in Displaying the Goodness, Wisdom, and Power of God, 第 4 巻R. Hindmarsh, 1794 |
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... moon's motion LECTURE XL . Of eclipfes Of the eclipfes of the moon Of the eclipses of the fun Of the limits of folar and lunar eclipfes Of the period of eclipfes Page 94 to 97 97 to 102 103 112 113 120 122 129 The darkness at our ...
... moon's motion LECTURE XL . Of eclipfes Of the eclipfes of the moon Of the eclipses of the fun Of the limits of folar and lunar eclipfes Of the period of eclipfes Page 94 to 97 97 to 102 103 112 113 120 122 129 The darkness at our ...
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... moon 263 Of the gravitation of the primary planets 273 Of the center of the folar fyftem 277 Of the approach and recefs of the planets 281 Of the moon's irregularities 284 LECTURE XLVI . , Of electricity Electrical appearances 297 302 ...
... moon 263 Of the gravitation of the primary planets 273 Of the center of the folar fyftem 277 Of the approach and recefs of the planets 281 Of the moon's irregularities 284 LECTURE XLVI . , Of electricity Electrical appearances 297 302 ...
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... moon , is a body , which , while it is carried . round the fun , does alfo revolve round a primary planet , which it refpects as a center . Comets are bodies , which are alfo fuppofed to revolve round the fun ; the planets appear perma ...
... moon , is a body , which , while it is carried . round the fun , does alfo revolve round a primary planet , which it refpects as a center . Comets are bodies , which are alfo fuppofed to revolve round the fun ; the planets appear perma ...
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... moon , the ftars and planets , ap- pear to be all at an equal distance from us ; though it is highly probable , that fome of the ftars are many millions of times nearer to us than others . The fun is demonftrated to be nearer than any ...
... moon , the ftars and planets , ap- pear to be all at an equal distance from us ; though it is highly probable , that fome of the ftars are many millions of times nearer to us than others . The fun is demonftrated to be nearer than any ...
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... moon , which is only an attendant on our earth . When looking at the fun , you are viewing a globe , whofe diameter is above 890,000 English miles ; whereas the earth is not more in diameter than 7970 miles : fo that the fun is about ...
... moon , which is only an attendant on our earth . When looking at the fun , you are viewing a globe , whofe diameter is above 890,000 English miles ; whereas the earth is not more in diameter than 7970 miles : fo that the fun is about ...
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alfo appear atmoſphere axis ball barometer becauſe body cafe caufe cauſe circle clouds conductor confequently confiderable courfe defcribe degrees diameter difcharge difcovered diftance diurnal motion earth ecliptic electricity electrified equator faid fame fatellites feconds feems feen feven fhadow fhall fhew fhould fide fiderial figns filk fire firft fituation fixed ftars fluid fmall folar fome fometimes fouth fpark fphere ftate fubftances fuch fun's fuperior fuppofed furface fyftem glafs globe gravity greateſt heat heavens hemifphere hygrometer inches increaſe inferior planets inftrument interfects itſelf Jupiter lefs light magnet meaſure mercury moft moon moon's moſt motion move muſt nature neceffary needle nodes obferved occafioned oppofite orbit paffes pafs parallax phenomena philofophers planet pofition poles prefent rain reafon refpect rife round the fun Saturn ſmall ſpace ſtars teleſcope thefe theſe thofe thoſe tion tricity tube univerfe vapour Venus vitreous weft whofe wire
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80 ページ - ... the prince of the lights of heaven, which now as a giant doth run his unwearied course, should as it were through a languishing faintness begin to stand and to rest himself...
81 ページ - ... should wander from her beaten way, the times and seasons of the year blend themselves by disordered and confused mixture, the winds breathe out their last gasp, the clouds yield no rain, the earth be defeated of heavenly influence, the fruits of the earth pine away as children at the withered breasts of their mother no longer able to yield them relief; what would become of man himself, whom these things now do all serve ? See we not plainly that obedience of creatures unto the law of nature is...
467 ページ - Hauing made many and diuers compasses, and using alwaiea to finish and end them before I touched the needle, I found continually, that after I had touched the yrons with the stone, that presently the north point thereof would bend, or decline, downwards under the horizon in some...
542 ページ - Firft, they fee, as a prelude to the enftiing havock, whole fields of fugar canes whirled into the air, and fcattered over the face of the country. The ftrongeft trees of the foreft are torn up by the roots, and driven about like ftubble; their wind-mills are fwept away...
221 ページ - ... and calling this a sidereal stratum, an eye placed somewhere within it will see all the stars in the direction of the planes of the stratum projected into a great circle, which will appear lucid on account of the accumulation of the stars, while the rest of the heavens at the sides will only seem to be scattered over with constellations, more or less crowded, according to the distance of the planes or number of stars contained in the thickness or sides of the stratum.
294 ページ - The plain argument for the existence of the Deity, obvious to " all, and carrying irresistible conviction with it, is, From the evident " contrivance and fitness of things for one another, which we meet " with throughout all parts of the universe.
166 ページ - If one hour were like another; if the passage of the sun did not show that the day is wasting; if the change of seasons did not impress upon us the flight of the year; quantities of duration equal to days and years would glide unobserved. If the parts of time were not variously coloured, we should never discern their departure or succession, but should live thoughtless of the past, and careless of the future...
72 ページ - ... the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of the ecliptic, and more remotely upon the variations in that inclination known as precession and nutation.
466 ページ - ... became stationary for some time ; after that, the absolute variation westward was decreasing, and the needle came back again to its former situation, or near it, in the night, or by the next morning. The diurnal variation is irregular when the needle moves slowly eastward in the latter part of the morning, or westward in the latter part of the afternoon ; also when it moves much either way after night, or suddenly both ways within a short time.
166 ページ - He that is carried forward, however swiftly, by a motion equable and easy, perceives not the change of place but by the variation of objects.