Reflections on the Works of God: And on His Providence in the Regions of Nature, and in the Government of the Universe, المجلد 3John Sharpe, 1824 |
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الصفحة 23 - After it a voice roareth: He thundereth with the voice of his excellency; And he will not stay them when his voice is heard. God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
الصفحة 27 - ... spirit, cork, &c., will weigh less than water.* weight. The cause of the ascent of steam or vapor may be found in its specific gravity. It may here be stated that rain, snow and hail, are formed by the condensation of the particles of vapor in the upper regions of the atmosphere. Fine, watery particles, coming within the sphere of each other's attraction, unite in the form of a drop, which, being heavier than the air, falls to the earth. Snow and hail differ from rain only in the different degrees...
الصفحة 84 - How manifold are Thy works, O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all; The earth is full of Thy creatures.
الصفحة 40 - Beccaria, waterspouts have an electrical origin, and as a remarkable proof of this, they have been dispersed by presenting to them sharp-pointed knives, or swords. — Their form is that of a speaking-trumpet, with the wider end in the clouds; and their first appearance is in the semblance of a deep cloud, the upper part of which is white, and the lower black; they are generally seen in calm weather. The subject of water-spouts, and the ascent or descent of the...
الصفحة 57 - ... without our being conscious of it, and without our being able to prevent it by any act of the mind. THE NERVES OF VOLUNTARY MOTION. All originate in the brain, and are under the control of the will. They are the messengers which convey to the muscles the...
الصفحة 33 - ... disappear. But in less than a minute, it would again exert itself as at other times ; or else, running along from one place to another with a swift progressive motion, would expand itself, at certain intervals, over more than two or three acres of the adjacent mountains.
الصفحة 6 - One day," says he, in his Confessions, " as I was looking out of my window, I fell into a discourse with my mother, respecting the nature of eternal felicity ; and drawing inferences from the flowers and shrubs before us, I proceeded to a consideration of the sun and stars ; and thence meditating on the glory of the celestial regions, we became so ravished with our contemplations, that for some time we forgot, that we were inhabitants of earth.
الصفحة 27 - Hail-stone has a kind of core of this soft matter; but more frequently the core is solid and hard, while the outside is formed of a softer matter. Hailstones assume various...
الصفحة 39 - The subterranean heat has been ascribed lo the electrical fluid, and to a great body of fire in the centre of the earth. The electrical fluid...
الصفحة 8 - The nanae of silk-worm is given to one of these : This caterpillar like the others, is composed of several moveable rings, and is well furnished with feet and claws to rest and fix itself where it pleases. It has two rows of teeth, which do not move up and down like ours, but from right to left, in order to press, ciit, and tear the leaves every way.