The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year : with Poetical Illustrations, and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2G.G. and J. Robinson, F. and C. Rivington, W. Bent, Longman and Rees, and J. Mawman, 1800 |
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Page 118
... falt , and iron fcum , Heaves up its boiling tide . The lab'ring mount Is torn with agonizing throes . At once , Forth from its fide difparted , blazing pours A mighty river ; burning in prone waves , That glimrer thro ' the night , to ...
... falt , and iron fcum , Heaves up its boiling tide . The lab'ring mount Is torn with agonizing throes . At once , Forth from its fide difparted , blazing pours A mighty river ; burning in prone waves , That glimrer thro ' the night , to ...
Page 150
... falt- nefs , at that particular place , was an increafing , or a decreasing , or an invariable quantity . This kind and degree of knowledge would have ferved as a clue to direct us to a full investigation of this mat- ter in general ...
... falt- nefs , at that particular place , was an increafing , or a decreasing , or an invariable quantity . This kind and degree of knowledge would have ferved as a clue to direct us to a full investigation of this mat- ter in general ...
Page 151
... falt , the fea must have gradually acquired its prefent quantity of falt from the long continued influx of rivers . The water , which is carried into the fea by the rivers , 18 again feparated from it by evaporation , and being dif ...
... falt , the fea must have gradually acquired its prefent quantity of falt from the long continued influx of rivers . The water , which is carried into the fea by the rivers , 18 again feparated from it by evaporation , and being dif ...
Page 152
... falt , if , ever fince the creation , they have been exerting their powers upon fuch perma- nent mafles of rock falt as are thought to be fituate at its bottom ? Boyle unites , as it were , the two preceding hy- pothefes , and takes the ...
... falt , if , ever fince the creation , they have been exerting their powers upon fuch perma- nent mafles of rock falt as are thought to be fituate at its bottom ? Boyle unites , as it were , the two preceding hy- pothefes , and takes the ...
Page 153
... falt , yet by far the greatest number cannot exift out of the fea : now , whether we fuppofe the . fea to have become falt from the influx of rivers , or from the gradual folution of beds of rock falt , or from the combined influence of ...
... falt , yet by far the greatest number cannot exift out of the fea : now , whether we fuppofe the . fea to have become falt from the influx of rivers , or from the gradual folution of beds of rock falt , or from the combined influence of ...
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