The Heavens, the Earth, and the Sea, Or, The Hand of God in the Works of NatureT. Nelson and Sons, 1860 - 416 pages |
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Page iv
... electricity , and other constant sources of change and the economy of life in plants and animals . It is thus peculiarly adapted for leading the mind to reflection , and awakening in it a desire for further knowledge , and a sense of ...
... electricity , and other constant sources of change and the economy of life in plants and animals . It is thus peculiarly adapted for leading the mind to reflection , and awakening in it a desire for further knowledge , and a sense of ...
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... ELECTRICITY . .............. The origin and progress of Electrical Science - The Electric Machine -The Nature and Varieties of Electricity - Lightning - Thunder- Ball Lightning - Extraordinary Lightning - Strokes - Sheet Light- ning - ...
... ELECTRICITY . .............. The origin and progress of Electrical Science - The Electric Machine -The Nature and Varieties of Electricity - Lightning - Thunder- Ball Lightning - Extraordinary Lightning - Strokes - Sheet Light- ning - ...
Page viii
... Electric - Fishes - Reptiles - Transfor- mation of Frogs - Shell of the Tortoise - Conformation , Beauty , and Classification of Birds - Specimen Instances of Birds - Characters and Classes of Mammals , ........... Page 300 326 CHAPTER ...
... Electric - Fishes - Reptiles - Transfor- mation of Frogs - Shell of the Tortoise - Conformation , Beauty , and Classification of Birds - Specimen Instances of Birds - Characters and Classes of Mammals , ........... Page 300 326 CHAPTER ...
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... electric fluid , and perhaps the principle of sound . Some are gases , all different from one another , and from the oxygen , and the nitrogen , and the car- bonic acid , and all possessed of curious properties . Some are rarified or ...
... electric fluid , and perhaps the principle of sound . Some are gases , all different from one another , and from the oxygen , and the nitrogen , and the car- bonic acid , and all possessed of curious properties . Some are rarified or ...
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... electricity , and other agents . The variations of pressure or of local weight are readily measured by the rise and fall of the mercury in the barometer , and furnish man with his best artificial means of anticipating changes of weather ...
... electricity , and other agents . The variations of pressure or of local weight are readily measured by the rise and fall of the mercury in the barometer , and furnish man with his best artificial means of anticipating changes of weather ...
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