The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, 13. köideA. and C. Black, 1861 |
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... bodies as were uncovered . [ ! ] These flashes were ac- companied by the loudest claps of thunder , * and darted back- wards and forwards , now to the ground and now into the air , dividing sometimes into separate bolts , each of which ...
... bodies as were uncovered . [ ! ] These flashes were ac- companied by the loudest claps of thunder , * and darted back- wards and forwards , now to the ground and now into the air , dividing sometimes into separate bolts , each of which ...
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... body , and singed the clothes she put on . [ ! ] She died a few days afterwards , having in the meantime suffered inexpressible pain . " * This eruption , Henderson very truly remarks , becomes the more noteworthy from " the terrible ...
... body , and singed the clothes she put on . [ ! ] She died a few days afterwards , having in the meantime suffered inexpressible pain . " * This eruption , Henderson very truly remarks , becomes the more noteworthy from " the terrible ...
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... body ! Again , among statements requiring simply a scientific interpre- tation , are those relating to fire , flame , smoke , and steam . Sir Charles Lyell says very truly , " When the expressions ' flame ' and ' smoke ' are used in ...
... body ! Again , among statements requiring simply a scientific interpre- tation , are those relating to fire , flame , smoke , and steam . Sir Charles Lyell says very truly , " When the expressions ' flame ' and ' smoke ' are used in ...
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... bodies of cattle , wild beasts , and birds . A space of twenty - four miles * Lyell's " Principles , " p . 466 . Ibid . p . 494 . § Ibid . p . 464 . † Ibid . p . 504 . Ibid . p . 465 . between the mountain and the river Tandoi was ...
... bodies of cattle , wild beasts , and birds . A space of twenty - four miles * Lyell's " Principles , " p . 466 . Ibid . p . 494 . § Ibid . p . 464 . † Ibid . p . 504 . Ibid . p . 465 . between the mountain and the river Tandoi was ...
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... bodies exposed to the clear sky become colder than the air - the times and amounts of cooling being in general ... body cooler than itself . But should the sky be clouded , or the ground be protected by means of screens , the heat ...
... bodies exposed to the clear sky become colder than the air - the times and amounts of cooling being in general ... body cooler than itself . But should the sky be clouded , or the ground be protected by means of screens , the heat ...
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