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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... motion of the air , so as to cause a fresh accession of dry particles . Part of a 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 ...
... motion of the air , so as to cause a fresh accession of dry particles . Part of a 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 ...
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... motion . A small quantity of fire mixed with water ( or degree of heat therein ) so weakens the cohesion of its parti- cles , that those on the surface easily quit it , and ad- here to the particles of air . A greater degree of heat is ...
... motion . A small quantity of fire mixed with water ( or degree of heat therein ) so weakens the cohesion of its parti- cles , that those on the surface easily quit it , and ad- here to the particles of air . A greater degree of heat is ...
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... motion as the ship or coach with which he is connected . If the ship strikes the shore , or the coach stops suddenly , the motion continuing in the man , he is thrown forward . If a man were to jump from the land into a swift sailing ...
... motion as the ship or coach with which he is connected . If the ship strikes the shore , or the coach stops suddenly , the motion continuing in the man , he is thrown forward . If a man were to jump from the land into a swift sailing ...
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... motion of the ship . # He that travels by sea or land , towards the equinoc- tial , gradually acquires motion ; from it , loses . But if a man were taken up from latitude 40 ( where suppose the earth's surface to move twelve miles per ...
... motion of the ship . # He that travels by sea or land , towards the equinoc- tial , gradually acquires motion ; from it , loses . But if a man were taken up from latitude 40 ( where suppose the earth's surface to move twelve miles per ...
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... motion , receding every way from a centre , and leaving a vacancy in the middle , greatest above , and lessening downwards , like a speaking trum- pet , its big end upwards , Air descending , or ascending , may form the same kind of ...
... motion , receding every way from a centre , and leaving a vacancy in the middle , greatest above , and lessening downwards , like a speaking trum- pet , its big end upwards , Air descending , or ascending , may form the same kind of ...
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