Lectures in Natural Philosophy: Designed, to be a Foundation, for Reasoning Pertinently, Upon the Petrifications, Gems, Crystals, and Sanative Quality of Lough Neagh in Ireland; and Intended to be an Introduction, to the Natural History of Several Counties Contiguous to that Lake, Particularly ... Ardmagh. By Richard Barton, ...author, 1751 - 185 pages |
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... continuous to it . The fame co- lumns appear , but fometimes with an orbicular top ; when water falls in drops upon the fame fluid , contained in a bafin for the experiment ; but by increafing the height of the fall , you will not in ...
... continuous to it . The fame co- lumns appear , but fometimes with an orbicular top ; when water falls in drops upon the fame fluid , contained in a bafin for the experiment ; but by increafing the height of the fall , you will not in ...
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... continuous is as much as two able men can lift in a frame , whofe joints are strengthned with iron . For being carried above fixty miles by land from the lake to the capital of the king- dom , and being the reverfe of the former ftone ...
... continuous is as much as two able men can lift in a frame , whofe joints are strengthned with iron . For being carried above fixty miles by land from the lake to the capital of the king- dom , and being the reverfe of the former ftone ...
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... continuous to the former , is white , not un- like ordinary fir deal : One part is as fragrant to the smell as the former . Number CCLX . Is a fpecimen of wood almost totally turned into a vitriolic pyrites . It was part of a very large ...
... continuous to the former , is white , not un- like ordinary fir deal : One part is as fragrant to the smell as the former . Number CCLX . Is a fpecimen of wood almost totally turned into a vitriolic pyrites . It was part of a very large ...
Page 67
... continuous . His ftyle in many cases implies this , abieties lapideæ naturæ , and Tab . V. 861. refert expreffam imaginem cu- jufdam fruftri lapidei ponderofi , quod fortaffis olim fuit lignum , and fuch like . The works of this pains ...
... continuous . His ftyle in many cases implies this , abieties lapideæ naturæ , and Tab . V. 861. refert expreffam imaginem cu- jufdam fruftri lapidei ponderofi , quod fortaffis olim fuit lignum , and fuch like . The works of this pains ...
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... continuous of Lough Neagh . For notwithstanding his own farm abounded with fuch plenty of petrifications , he never got one of the kind mentioned . M 2 He ( n ) Nefcio quis tencros oculus mihi fascinat agnos . Virgil . He inquired ...
... continuous of Lough Neagh . For notwithstanding his own farm abounded with fuch plenty of petrifications , he never got one of the kind mentioned . M 2 He ( n ) Nefcio quis tencros oculus mihi fascinat agnos . Virgil . He inquired ...
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alfo almoſt alſo anſwer appearance arifing bafin becauſe bodies cafe caufe cauſe cloſe colour confequently confiderable cryſtalline Cryſtals defcribed defign demonftrated divifion earth effluvia faid fame fand fection feems feven feveral fhall fhews fhore fhould fide fimilar fince fire firft firſt fluid fmall fmell folid fome fometimes fpecifically fpecimen fpring ftill ftone ftony ftrata ftratum fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe furface Gems Glenevy Hiftory increaſe increaſe of furface Inquirer intire Ireland itſelf John Efq kind lake leaſt lecture lefs Lough Neagh maffes mafs maſs matter mixt moft moſt motion muſt nature neceffary Number obferved occafion paffing particles perfons perhaps petrefied petrifications phænomena phænomenon philofopher poliſhed pores pound weight prefent preferved preffure PROPOSITION purpoſe quæ quantity quod raiſed reafon refpect river ſhall ſmall ſpace ſtone thefe theſe things thofe thoſe univerfal uſe vapour whofe whoſe wood
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Page i - Lectures in natural philosophy, designed to be a foundation for reasoning pertinently, upon the petrifactions, gems, crystals, and sanative quality of Lough Neagh in Ireland ; and intended to be an introduction to the natural history of several counties contiguous to that lake, particularly the county of Armagh.
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