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... quantity , the elevation , and other circumstances . The attention of observers has lately been called to this subject , chiefly in consequence of some remarkable anomalies which were noticed . It was commonly observed that more rain ...
... quantity , the elevation , and other circumstances . The attention of observers has lately been called to this subject , chiefly in consequence of some remarkable anomalies which were noticed . It was commonly observed that more rain ...
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... quantity of rain increases , by some means , during its fall , as it approaches the ground ; being greatest at the surface of the ground , less at a small height , and least at a greater height . Mr. Phillips enters into a variety of ...
... quantity of rain increases , by some means , during its fall , as it approaches the ground ; being greatest at the surface of the ground , less at a small height , and least at a greater height . Mr. Phillips enters into a variety of ...
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... quantity of invisible vapour suspended in it , was a point requiring particular examination : and the degree of dimi- nution was found to hold a very close and simple relation to the dryness . The results thus obtained , enabled the ...
... quantity of invisible vapour suspended in it , was a point requiring particular examination : and the degree of dimi- nution was found to hold a very close and simple relation to the dryness . The results thus obtained , enabled the ...
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... quantity of rain as it approaches the ground , and the dependence of the amount of increase on the mean temperature of the season and humidity of the air , the object of the present inquiry was to trace more closely the precise law , or ...
... quantity of rain as it approaches the ground , and the dependence of the amount of increase on the mean temperature of the season and humidity of the air , the object of the present inquiry was to trace more closely the precise law , or ...
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... quantity of heat than when in its ordinary state as a liquid . But whilst this capacity for heat , as manifested by water in a state of vapour , is one cause of its great utility , it possesses another peculiarity not less important ...
... quantity of heat than when in its ordinary state as a liquid . But whilst this capacity for heat , as manifested by water in a state of vapour , is one cause of its great utility , it possesses another peculiarity not less important ...
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Página 135 - ... or information in any of his Majesty's courts of record at Westminster or in...
Página 87 - I do not love to be printed upon every occasion, much less to be dunned and teased by foreigners about mathematical things, or to be thought by our own people to be trifling away my time about them, when I should be about the King's business.
Página 104 - One of the most remarkable and inexplicable experiments relative to the strength of the human frame, which you have yourself seen and admired, is that in which a heavy man is raised with the greatest facility, when he is lifted up the instant that his own lungs and those of the persons who raise him are inflated with air.
Página 104 - I shall describe, as nearly as possible, the method which he prescribed. The heaviest person in the party lies down upon two chairs, his legs being supported by the one, and his back by the other. Four persons, one at each leg, and one at each shoulder, then try to raise him, and they find his dead weight to be very great, from the difficulty they experience in supporting him.
Página 134 - ... declaration, a notice of any objections on which he means to rely at the trial of such action, and no objection shall be allowed to be made in behalf of such defendant or plaintiff respectively at such trial unless he prove the objections stated in such notice : provided always, that it shall and may be lawful for any judge at chambers, on summons served by such defendant or plaintiff on such plaintiff or defendant respectively to...
Página 104 - ... up the instant that his own lungs and those of the persons who raise him are inflated with air. This experiment was, I believe, first shown in England a few years ago by Major H., who saw it performed in a large party at Venice under the direction of an officer of the American navy.* As Major H.
Página 105 - ... when the inhalation is completed, or the lungs filled, the second signal is given for raising the person from the chair. To his own surprise, and that of his bearers, he rises with the greatest facility, as if he were no heavier than a feather. On several occasions, I have observed, that when one of the bearers performs his part ill by making the inhalation out of tim,e, the part of the body which he tries to raise is left as it were behind.
Página 135 - ... which he hath not or shall not have obtained letters patent, the name or any imitation of the name of any other person who hath or shall have obtained letters patent...
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Página 134 - ... on no such manufacture, or published in the county where he carries on such manufacture, or where he lives, in case there shall not be any paper published in such town...