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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... sometimes , at once , large and extensive ; sometimes , when seen at a distance , small at first , gra- dually increasing ; the cold edge , or surface of the cloud , condensing the vapours next it , which form smaller clouds that join ...
... sometimes , at once , large and extensive ; sometimes , when seen at a distance , small at first , gra- dually increasing ; the cold edge , or surface of the cloud , condensing the vapours next it , which form smaller clouds that join ...
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... sometimes much heated by the sun and such heated surface not being changed heats the air that moves over it . Seas , lakes , and great bodies of water , agitated by the winds , continually change surfaces ; the cold surface in winter is ...
... sometimes much heated by the sun and such heated surface not being changed heats the air that moves over it . Seas , lakes , and great bodies of water , agitated by the winds , continually change surfaces ; the cold surface in winter is ...
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... sometimes greater , and sometimes less ; in some violent , in others barely perceivable . The whirlwind at Warrington continued long in Acrement- Close . Whirlwinds generally arise after calms and great heats : the same is observed of ...
... sometimes greater , and sometimes less ; in some violent , in others barely perceivable . The whirlwind at Warrington continued long in Acrement- Close . Whirlwinds generally arise after calms and great heats : the same is observed of ...
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... sometimes , in its progressive motion , meet with and pass over land , and there produce all the phenomena and effects of a whirlwind , it should thence seem still more evident , that a whirlwind and a spout are the same . I send you ...
... sometimes , in its progressive motion , meet with and pass over land , and there produce all the phenomena and effects of a whirlwind , it should thence seem still more evident , that a whirlwind and a spout are the same . I send you ...
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... more heated , and so more rarefied , than the upper ; consequently , specifically lighter . The coldness of the upper region is manifested by the hail which sometimes falls from it is 24 PAPERS ON PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS .
... more heated , and so more rarefied , than the upper ; consequently , specifically lighter . The coldness of the upper region is manifested by the hail which sometimes falls from it is 24 PAPERS ON PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS .
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