Conversations on Some Leading Points in Natural Philosophy: Designed to Illustrate the Perfections of the Deity, and to Expand the Youthful Mind |
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... weight of ten pounds , than on a weight of one ; so , all bodies which fall from an equal height , fall with the same swiftness . How , Father , with the same swiftness ! Yes , if there should be nothing to inter- cept either of them ...
... weight of ten pounds , than on a weight of one ; so , all bodies which fall from an equal height , fall with the same swiftness . How , Father , with the same swiftness ! Yes , if there should be nothing to inter- cept either of them ...
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... weights , one of five pounds , and the other of ten , could you not draw the one of ten pounds to you , in the same time as the weight of five ? Yes , if I were to exert in reference to the ten pound weight twice the force . This ...
... weights , one of five pounds , and the other of ten , could you not draw the one of ten pounds to you , in the same time as the weight of five ? Yes , if I were to exert in reference to the ten pound weight twice the force . This ...
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... weight ; and those of the deer and the hare , it is equally evident , fit them to escape from their ene- mies by flight . And the claws of the cat , Father , to seize on the mice or the rats . True , Frank ; things could not have hap ...
... weight ; and those of the deer and the hare , it is equally evident , fit them to escape from their ene- mies by flight . And the claws of the cat , Father , to seize on the mice or the rats . True , Frank ; things could not have hap ...
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... weight of which had been previously taken . As soon as the glass had been wiped dry , the muslin was weighed again : the quantity collected was , six grains , in a quarter of an hour , from twenty square inches of earth ; a quantity ...
... weight of which had been previously taken . As soon as the glass had been wiped dry , the muslin was weighed again : the quantity collected was , six grains , in a quarter of an hour , from twenty square inches of earth ; a quantity ...
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... weight of the air ; it must have weight , like every thing else . Has it not ? Indeed it has ; the mercury in the barome- ter rises or falls , as the air is heavy or light . And the air - pump , Father , proves that it has great weigin ...
... weight of the air ; it must have weight , like every thing else . Has it not ? Indeed it has ; the mercury in the barome- ter rises or falls , as the air is heavy or light . And the air - pump , Father , proves that it has great weigin ...
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Page 75 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 97 - Nor is it less pleased with its first successful endeavours to walk, or rather to run (which precedes walking), although entirely ignorant of the importance of the attainment to its future life, and even without applying it to any present purpose. A child is delighted with speaking, without having...
Page 51 - Were the sun, which enlightens this part of the creation, with all the host of planetary worlds that move about him, utterly extinguished and annihilated, they would not be missed more than a grain of sand upon the sea-shore.
Page 96 - ... perhaps, of half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with the water. When this cloud came to be examined, it proved to be nothing else than so much space filled with young shrimps in the act of bounding into the air from the shallow margin of the water, or from the wet sand.
Page 51 - The space they possess is so exceedingly little in comparison of the whole, that it would scarce make a blank in the creation. The chasm would be imperceptible to an eye that could take in the whole compass of nature, and pass from one end of the creation to the other; as it is possible there may be such a sense in ourselves hereafter, or in creatures which are at present more exalted...
Page 95 - Walking by the sea-side, in a calm evening, upon a sandy shore, and with an ebbing tide I have frequently remarked the appearance of a dark cloud, or rather, very thick mist, hanging over the edge of the water, to the height, perhaps, of half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always returning with the water. When this cloud came to be examined, it proved to be nothing else than so much space, filled with young shrimps...
Page 98 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Page 97 - A child is delighted with speaking, without having any thing to say ; and with walking, without knowing where to go. And, prior to both these, I am disposed to believe, that the waking hours of infancy are agreeably taken up with the exercise of vision, or perhaps, more properly speaking, with learning to see.
Page 57 - LORD is true, and all his works are faithful. 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment ; the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. 6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth.
Page 96 - ... bounding into the air from the shallow margin of the water, or from the wet sand. If any motion of a mute animal could express delight, it was this : if they had meant to make signs of their happiness, they could not have done it more intelligibly. Suppose, then, what I have no doubt of, each individual of this number to be in a state of positive enjoyment ; what a sum, collectively, of gratification and pleasure have we here before our view...