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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... 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 , 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 , horribly ...
... chimney . " " And Dr. Mather , describing a whirlwind , says , 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 , horribly ...
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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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... chimney , you keep a warm room , so , by a constant supply of food in the stomach , you keep a warm body ; only where little exercise is used , the heat may possibly be conducted away too fast ; in which case such materials are to be ...
... chimney , you keep a warm room , so , by a constant supply of food in the stomach , you keep a warm body ; only where little exercise is used , the heat may possibly be conducted away too fast ; in which case such materials are to be ...
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