The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 1Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 |
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... weight the nodding woods are seen , And one bright waste hides all the works of men : The circling seas alone , absorbing all , Drink the dissolving fleeces as they fall . • 6 POPE . Aristotle's definition of snow and hail is concise ...
... weight the nodding woods are seen , And one bright waste hides all the works of men : The circling seas alone , absorbing all , Drink the dissolving fleeces as they fall . • 6 POPE . Aristotle's definition of snow and hail is concise ...
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... weight , And deep reception in the intendered heart . This gorgeous apparatus ? This display ! This ostentation of creative power ! This theatre ! -what eye can take it in ? â–¡ Manilius , a Roman poet , wrote a poem on Astronomy , of ...
... weight , And deep reception in the intendered heart . This gorgeous apparatus ? This display ! This ostentation of creative power ! This theatre ! -what eye can take it in ? â–¡ Manilius , a Roman poet , wrote a poem on Astronomy , of ...
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... weight , if it were twice as far off the centre , could support four times the weight , and , if at three times as far off , could support nine times the weight . It must be observed , moreover , that the motion . of falling bodies is ...
... weight , if it were twice as far off the centre , could support four times the weight , and , if at three times as far off , could support nine times the weight . It must be observed , moreover , that the motion . of falling bodies is ...
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... weight and gravity of a body , therefore , may be taken for the same thing in different senses , for both refer to the force by which the body is impelled toward the earth ; gravity being the tendency of bodies towards the centre of the ...
... weight and gravity of a body , therefore , may be taken for the same thing in different senses , for both refer to the force by which the body is impelled toward the earth ; gravity being the tendency of bodies towards the centre of the ...
Page 108
... weight ? Evidently nothing : it would remain in that situation , unsus- pended and unsupported . The force of gravity being constantly directed toward the centre , it could have no propensity to move either way , and would , therefore ...
... weight ? Evidently nothing : it would remain in that situation , unsus- pended and unsupported . The force of gravity being constantly directed toward the centre , it could have no propensity to move either way , and would , therefore ...
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