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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... fluid , having more of what it dissolves , will communicate to other parts that have less . Thus very salt water , coming in contact with fresh , commu- nicates its saltness till all is equal , and the sooner if there is a little motion ...
... fluid , having more of what it dissolves , will communicate to other parts that have less . Thus very salt water , coming in contact with fresh , commu- nicates its saltness till all is equal , and the sooner if there is a little motion ...
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... fluids descending , frequently form eddies , or whirlpools , as is seen in a funnel , where the water ac- quires a circular motion , receding every way from a centre , and leaving a vacancy in the middle , greatest above , and lessening ...
... fluids descending , frequently form eddies , or whirlpools , as is seen in a funnel , where the water ac- quires a circular motion , receding every way from a centre , and leaving a vacancy in the middle , greatest above , and lessening ...
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... fluid , moving from all points horizontally , towards a centre , must , at that centre , either ascend or descend . Water being in a tub , if a hole be opened in the mid- dle of the bottom , will flow from all sides to the centre , and ...
... fluid , moving from all points horizontally , towards a centre , must , at that centre , either ascend or descend . Water being in a tub , if a hole be opened in the mid- dle of the bottom , will flow from all sides to the centre , and ...
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... fluid flowing from all sides of the tub , to the hole in the centre . And , as the several currents arrive at this central rising column , with a considerable degree of horizontal motion , they cannot suddenly change it to a vertical ...
... fluid flowing from all sides of the tub , to the hole in the centre . And , as the several currents arrive at this central rising column , with a considerable degree of horizontal motion , they cannot suddenly change it to a vertical ...
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... fluid , and so by pro- pulsion , or allicited by the circumstance of a distant quantity minus electrified , which it shoots to supply , and becomes apparent by its contracted passage through * Dr. Perkins . Editor . a non - electric a ...
... fluid , and so by pro- pulsion , or allicited by the circumstance of a distant quantity minus electrified , which it shoots to supply , and becomes apparent by its contracted passage through * Dr. Perkins . Editor . a non - electric a ...
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