The Complete Works, in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Now First Collected and Arranged: with Memoirs of His Early Life, Written by Himself ; in Three Volumes, Volume 2J. Johnson, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806 - 468 pages |
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... called whirlwinds at sea , are any other than these ; and so might be called air - spouts , if they were objects of sight ? I overlooked , in its proper place , Stuart's No. 11 , which is curious for its inequalities , and , in ...
... called whirlwinds at sea , are any other than these ; and so might be called air - spouts , if they were objects of sight ? I overlooked , in its proper place , Stuart's No. 11 , which is curious for its inequalities , and , in ...
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... called ) or rather pulsion , as in the application of a cup- ping glass to the flesh , the air being first voided by the kindled flax . " In my paper , I supposed a whirlwind and a In 20 PAPERS ON PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS .
... called ) or rather pulsion , as in the application of a cup- ping glass to the flesh , the air being first voided by the kindled flax . " In my paper , I supposed a whirlwind and a In 20 PAPERS ON PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS .
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... called the spout , at Topsham- ( See the account of it in the Transactions ) which also appears , by its effects described , to have been a real whirlwind . Water - spouts have , also , a progres- sive motion ; this is sometimes greater ...
... called the spout , at Topsham- ( See the account of it in the Transactions ) which also appears , by its effects described , to have been a real whirlwind . Water - spouts have , also , a progres- sive motion ; this is sometimes greater ...
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... called the descending part , be very distinctly seen . The same may happen at sea , in case the whirl is not violent enough to make a high vacuum , and raise the column , & c . In such case , the upper part A B C D only will be visible ...
... called the descending part , be very distinctly seen . The same may happen at sea , in case the whirl is not violent enough to make a high vacuum , and raise the column , & c . In such case , the upper part A B C D only will be visible ...
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... called , I know very little , and hardly know what to say . I imagine them to be passes of electric fire from place to place in the atmosphere , perhaps occasioned by accidental pressures of a non - electric circumambient fluid , and so ...
... called , I know very little , and hardly know what to say . I imagine them to be passes of electric fire from place to place in the atmosphere , perhaps occasioned by accidental pressures of a non - electric circumambient fluid , and so ...
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