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Pagina 12
... operations of a Wisdom and Intelligence no less admirable and astonishing than what is displayed in the visible scenes of nature which are obvious to every eye . Of those invisible regions of nature now alluded to , the atmosphere is ...
... operations of a Wisdom and Intelligence no less admirable and astonishing than what is displayed in the visible scenes of nature which are obvious to every eye . Of those invisible regions of nature now alluded to , the atmosphere is ...
Pagina 37
... operation . The process is simply this : -We immerse our lips into the water , so as to prevent the entrance of air into the mouth ; we then make a vacuum in the mouth by drawing the air into the lungs , after which the pressure of the ...
... operation . The process is simply this : -We immerse our lips into the water , so as to prevent the entrance of air into the mouth ; we then make a vacuum in the mouth by drawing the air into the lungs , after which the pressure of the ...
Pagina 38
... operation of cupping is performed in the same way . In this case , the operator takes a small glass , close at the top , and holding it for some time over the flame of a candle , or lamp , the air is thereby rarefied , and part of it ...
... operation of cupping is performed in the same way . In this case , the operator takes a small glass , close at the top , and holding it for some time over the flame of a candle , or lamp , the air is thereby rarefied , and part of it ...
Pagina 44
... operations , and sink into feebleness and insignificancy . But this chapter shall be concluded by a few general remarks , suggested by this subject . The discovery of the pressure of the atmo- sphere , and of its agency in the system of ...
... operations , and sink into feebleness and insignificancy . But this chapter shall be concluded by a few general remarks , suggested by this subject . The discovery of the pressure of the atmo- sphere , and of its agency in the system of ...
Pagina 45
... operations both of nature and art , there is something which tends to excite our admiration more than all the fairy tales which the human fancy has created . We behold its operation in compressing the bodies of all ani- mated beings ...
... operations both of nature and art , there is something which tends to excite our admiration more than all the fairy tales which the human fancy has created . We behold its operation in compressing the bodies of all ani- mated beings ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 191 - LORD, how manifold are Thy works ! in wisdom hast Thou made them all ; the earth is full of Thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Pagina 145 - Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain ? or can the heavens give showers ? art not thou he, O Lord our God ? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
Pagina 44 - This will cause the air at the equator to stand more than seven miles higher from the surface of the earth to the top of the atmosphere than at the north pole.
Pagina 8 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Pagina 191 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Pagina 145 - Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen ; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
Pagina 145 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Pagina 79 - They shall not build, and another inhabit: they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Pagina 191 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is the sum of them. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Pagina 69 - This was succeeded by a laugh which was involuntary, but highly pleasurable, accompanied by a peculiar thrilling in the extremities— a sensation perfectly new and delightful. For many hours after this experiment, he imagined that his taste and smell were more acute, and is certain that he felt unusually strong and cheerful. In a second experiment, he felt pleasure still superior, and has since poetically remarked that he supposes the atmosphere of the highest of all possible heavens to be composed...