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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... 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 and dispersed , and ...
... 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 and dispersed , and ...
Page 65
... door . Thus to produce our north - east storms , I suppose some great heat and rarefaction of the air in or about the Gulph of Mexico ; the air thence rising has its place supplied by the next more northern , cooler , and therefore ...
... door . Thus to produce our north - east storms , I suppose some great heat and rarefaction of the air in or about the Gulph of Mexico ; the air thence rising has its place supplied by the next more northern , cooler , and therefore ...
Page 70
... door between two cham , bers , one of which has been warmed , by holding a can- dle near the top , near the bottom , and near the middle , you will find a strong current of warm air passing out of the warmed room above , and another of ...
... door between two cham , bers , one of which has been warmed , by holding a can- dle near the top , near the bottom , and near the middle , you will find a strong current of warm air passing out of the warmed room above , and another of ...
Page 225
... door , must now be fetched near one hundred miles to some towns , and makes a very considerable article in the expence of families . As therefore so much of the comfort and conve niency of our lives , for so great a part of the year ...
... door , must now be fetched near one hundred miles to some towns , and makes a very considerable article in the expence of families . As therefore so much of the comfort and conve niency of our lives , for so great a part of the year ...
Page 227
... doors and windows , or , if they be shut , through every cre- vice with violence , as may be seen by holding a candle to a key - hole : If the room be so tight as that all the crevices together will not supply so much air as is con ...
... doors and windows , or , if they be shut , through every cre- vice with violence , as may be seen by holding a candle to a key - hole : If the room be so tight as that all the crevices together will not supply so much air as is con ...
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