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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... known , even to children , that it requires no description . Though bees , as well as wasps , are armed with a sting , yet the former may be regarded as a placid and harmless race . Bees are continually occupied with their own labours ...
... known , even to children , that it requires no description . Though bees , as well as wasps , are armed with a sting , yet the former may be regarded as a placid and harmless race . Bees are continually occupied with their own labours ...
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... known properties of electricity . Lightning not only gives polarity to the magnetic needle , but to all bodies that have any portion of iron in them , as brick , & c . and , by observing which way the poles of these bodies lie , it may ...
... known properties of electricity . Lightning not only gives polarity to the magnetic needle , but to all bodies that have any portion of iron in them , as brick , & c . and , by observing which way the poles of these bodies lie , it may ...
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... known . That the electric matter , which forms and ani- mates the thunder - clouds , issues from places far below the surface of the earth , and that it buries itself there , is probable from the deep holes which have , in many places ...
... known . That the electric matter , which forms and ani- mates the thunder - clouds , issues from places far below the surface of the earth , and that it buries itself there , is probable from the deep holes which have , in many places ...
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... known . OVID . ADDISON . THE phenomena of Electricity are so various , so brilliant , and so remote from the appearances under which natural bodies are commonly presented to our observation , that while they amuse the superficial , and ...
... known . OVID . ADDISON . THE phenomena of Electricity are so various , so brilliant , and so remote from the appearances under which natural bodies are commonly presented to our observation , that while they amuse the superficial , and ...
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... known to possess , of attracting light bodies , & c . when excited by heat or friction ; and which is also capable of being communicated , in particular circumstances , to other bodies : and the science of electricity is that part of ...
... known to possess , of attracting light bodies , & c . when excited by heat or friction ; and which is also capable of being communicated , in particular circumstances , to other bodies : and the science of electricity is that part of ...
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