Readings in Natural Philosophy: Or, A Popular Display of the Wonders of Nature ...

Sir Richard Phillips

Whittaker, Treacher & Company, 1830 - 700 Seiten

Inhalt

• A catalogue of 500 new nebulæ Observations and remarks on: 4
• Account of the burning concave tholin of a crystallike body sent: 28
• Of four suns observed in France Some observations about shining: 36
• and nine months: 43
• Mr Leuwenhoek concerning the M D Page: 77
• of red snow seen at Genoa By Concerning the salts of vinegar: 83
• An account of Okeyhole and se projects: 89
• Description a monstrous animal lum lately made in Germany: 98
• On animal power By J A Bo with accounts of the earthquakes: 104
• Letter from Mr Anthony Lenwen in the north of Ireland By: 111
• On the use of opium among the come in troops into Lapland: 146
• D: 155
• his joints and muscles ib water and some animalcula found: 167
• Mr Anthony Van Leuwenhoek A new island raised near Sant Erini: 199
• Lisle and Paris By the Rev particles of crystallised sugar: 207
• found under ground By the Rev ations on the animalcula found: 217
• An account of several extraordinary siderable time without food: 241
• Concerning Britain having formerly whales By the Hon Paul: 247
• J T Desaguliers LL D 238 liam Chesselden F R S: 255
• A new apparent motion discovered By Mr Stephen Fuller: 284
• Experiments to prove the existence: 291
• bers of the Royal Society and a letter from the Duke of Rich: 299
• On fossil shells By the Rev Roger On the everlasting fire in Persia: 312
• Concerning an extraordinary large of the locusts which did vast: 339
• Observations on the precipices or On the class of the phocæ marina: 345
• Concerning the property of water On the phenomena of electricity: 352
• An account of the experiments made islands of Scilly have undergone: 358
• On the books and ancient writings fatal to the city of Lisbon: 362
• with several figures of them By London in 1763 By John Had: 373
• Description of several small marine called amphibious By Dr Par: 413
• The regular diurnal variation of the suvius in 1767 By the: 421
• Account of a very remarkable young Of persons who could not distin: 428
• Journal of a voyage made by order of the heat c of animals and: 463
• A F R: 470
• Anatomical observations on the tor H Smeathman: 476
• Observations made on the mountain: 482
• On the strata observed in sinking for Hamilton K B F R S Dated: 485
• On the natural history of the friction By Benjamin Count: 553
• with remarks on the construction coast of England: 560
• On the Decomposition of fixed Experiments on the ascent of the: 573
• Experiments and observations on mach respecting the water: 601
• Experiments and calculations rela Voltaic apparatus By Mr John: 608
• On the singular figure of the planet Account of a vegetable wax from: 615
• On the arrangement and mechan plants By T A Knight: 623
• On the comparative heat of arterial Sir Wm Herschel Page: 650
• Some experiments on the combus Experiments on the condensation: 657
• An account of some experiments phry Davy Bart: 674
• Some account of the feet of those Further researches on the preservº: 680
• Astronomical observations and ex nects the voluntary muscles with: 687

Beliebte Passagen

Seite 155 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.

Seite 255 - One particular only (though it may appear trifling) I will relate. Having often forgot which was the cat, and which the dog, he was ashamed to ask ; but catching the cat (which he knew by feeling) he was observed to look at her steadfastly, and then setting her down, said, so puss ! I shall know you another time.

Seite 255 - ... he could form no judgment of their shape, or guess what it was in any object that was pleasing to him. He knew not the shape of any thing, nor any one thing from another, however different in shape or magnitude ; but upon being told what things were, whose form he before knew from feeling, he would carefully observe, that he might know them again...

Seite 491 - ... its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the nest. It remained in this situation a short time, feeling about with the extremities of its wings, as if to be convinced whether the business was properly executed, and then dropped into the nest again.

Seite 33 - Prisme at the window, so that the light might pass through a small hole, made in it for the purpose, and fall on the other board, which I placed at about 12...

Seite 555 - By meditating on the results of all these experiments, we are naturally brought to that great question which has so often been the subject of speculation among philosophers, namely, What is heat — is there any such thing as an igneous fluid ? Is there anything that...

Seite 491 - It remained in this situation a short time, feeling about with the extremities of its wings, as if to be convinced whether the business was properly executed, and then dropped into the nest again. With these (the extremities of its wings) I have often seen it examine, as it were, an egg and nestling before it began its operations; and the nice sensibility which these parts appeared to possess seemed sufficiently to compensate the want of sight, which as yet it was destitute of. I afterwards put in...

Seite 357 - AS frequent mention is made in public papers from Europe of the success of the Philadelphia experiment for drawing the electric fire from clouds by means of pointed rods of iron erected on high buildings...

Seite 256 - Epsom Downs, and observing a large prospect, he was exceedingly delighted with it, and called it a new kind of seeing.

Seite 555 - It is hardly necessary to add, that anything which any insulated body, or system of bodies, can continue to furnish 'without limitation, cannot possibly be a material substance; and it appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of...

Bibliografische Informationen

• Titel: Readings in Natural Philosophy: Or, A Popular Display of the Wonders of Nature ...
• Autor/in: Sir Richard Phillips
• Ausgabe: 2
• Verlag: Whittaker, Treacher & Company, 1830
• Original von: University of Michigan
• Digitalisiert: 29. Juni 2007
• Länge: 700 Seiten