The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Now First Collected and Arranged: With Memories of His Early Life, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 - American literature |
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... chimneys 213 - 214 215 ibid · 217 . 219 228 225 256 Description of a new stove for burning of pitcoal , and consuming all its smoke 296 Method of contracting chimneys . - Modesty in disputation · 317 Covering houses with copper 318 On ...
... chimneys 213 - 214 215 ibid · 217 . 219 228 225 256 Description of a new stove for burning of pitcoal , and consuming all its smoke 296 Method of contracting chimneys . - Modesty in disputation · 317 Covering houses with copper 318 On ...
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... chimneys , breaking doors and windows , forcing up the floors , and unpaving the rooms ( some of these effects seem to agree well with a supposed vacuum in the cen- tre of the whirlwind ) and the very rafters of the houses were broken ...
... chimneys , breaking doors and windows , forcing up the floors , and unpaving the rooms ( some of these effects seem to agree well with a supposed vacuum in the cen- tre of the whirlwind ) and the very rafters of the houses were broken ...
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... chimney . " And Dr. Mather , describing a whirlwind , says , " a thick dark small cloud arose , with a pillar of light in it , of about eight or ten feet diameter , and passed along the ground in a tract not wider than a street ...
... chimney . " And Dr. Mather , describing a whirlwind , says , " a thick dark small cloud arose , with a pillar of light in it , of about eight or ten feet diameter , and passed along the ground in a tract not wider than a street ...
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... chimney ; for the quantity being still too great in the line of sight through the sides of the tube , the motion could not be discovered there , and so they represented the solid sides of the chim- ney . When the vapours reach in the ...
... chimney ; for the quantity being still too great in the line of sight through the sides of the tube , the motion could not be discovered there , and so they represented the solid sides of the chim- ney . When the vapours reach in the ...
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... chimney . Immediately the air in the chimney being rarefied by the fire rises ; the air next the chimney flows in to supply its place , moving towards the chimney ; and , in consequence , the rest of the air successively , quite back to ...
... chimney . Immediately the air in the chimney being rarefied by the fire rises ; the air next the chimney flows in to supply its place , moving towards the chimney ; and , in consequence , the rest of the air successively , quite back to ...
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Page 441 - If war should arise between the two contracting parties, the merchants of either country, then residing in the other, shall be allowed to remain nine months to collect their debts and settle their affairs, and may depart freely, carrying off all their effects, without molestation or hindrance...
Page 441 - ... in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted by the armed force...
Page 378 - Nature a Thief, and compare the whole Amount with the Wages of a Manufacturer of Iron or Wool in England, you will see that Labour is much cheaper there than it ever can .be by Negroes here.
Page 403 - Finally, there seems to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the .Romans did, in plundering their conquered neighbours ; this is robbery. The second by commerce, which is generally cheating. The third by agriculture, the only honest way...
Page 428 - Fishermen, for the same reason. 3. Merchants and traders in unarmed ships, who accommodate different nations by communicating and exchanging the necessaries and conveniences of life. 4. Artists and mechanics, inhabiting and working in open towns.
Page 418 - ... us; for it was the first thing that put our girls upon knitting worsted mittens for sale at Philadelphia, that they might have wherewithal to buy caps and ribbons there ; and you know that that industry has continued, and is likely to continue and increase to a much greater value, and answer better purposes.
Page 201 - ... the egg, and endeavouring, by the action of your hands and feet against the water, to get forward, till within reach of it. In this attempt you will find that the water buoys you up against your inclination ; that it is not so easy to sink as you imagine, and that you cannot, but by active force, get down to the egg.
Page 128 - I hope this will give some check to the rage of destroying trees that grow near houses, which has accompanied our late improvements in gardening, from an opinion of their being unwholesome. I am certain, from long observation, that there is nothing unhealthy in the air of woods; for we Americans have everywhere our country habitations in the midst of woods, and no people on earth enjoy better health, or are more prolific.
Page 146 - At length being at Clapham, where there is, on the common, a large pond, which I observed one day to be very rough with the wind, I fetched out a cruet of oil, and dropped a little of it on the water. I saw it spread itself with surprising swiftness upon the surface; but the effect of smoothing the waves was not produced; for I had applied it first on the leeward side of the pond, where the waves were largest, and the wind drove my oil back upon the shore. I...
Page 412 - For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.