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... , impel our ships across the ocean , and even to overturn buildings , to tear up from their roots the largest trees , and to dash whole fleets to pieces of wreck . CHAPTER II . The weight and pressure of the atmosphere 18 THE ATMOSPHERE .
... , impel our ships across the ocean , and even to overturn buildings , to tear up from their roots the largest trees , and to dash whole fleets to pieces of wreck . CHAPTER II . The weight and pressure of the atmosphere 18 THE ATMOSPHERE .
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... pieces , were it not that it is equal in every part ; pressing with the same force upwards , downwards , and on every side ; and is , at the same time , counterbalanced by the spring of the air within us , which is diffused through the ...
... pieces , were it not that it is equal in every part ; pressing with the same force upwards , downwards , and on every side ; and is , at the same time , counterbalanced by the spring of the air within us , which is diffused through the ...
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... external air will be such as to prevent the removal of the hand , and will cause a certain degree of pain . If a piece of bladder be tied tightly over the orifice , as the exhaustion proceeds , the bladder 32 THE ATMOSPHERE .
... external air will be such as to prevent the removal of the hand , and will cause a certain degree of pain . If a piece of bladder be tied tightly over the orifice , as the exhaustion proceeds , the bladder 32 THE ATMOSPHERE .
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... piece of window - glass be placed upon the orifice , when the air is exhausted , the glass will be broken into a number of pieces by the external pressure of the atmosphere . But as comparatively few persons have an opportunity of ...
... piece of window - glass be placed upon the orifice , when the air is exhausted , the glass will be broken into a number of pieces by the external pressure of the atmosphere . But as comparatively few persons have an opportunity of ...
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... piece of paper ; then invert the glass , while the paper is burning , over a saucer full of water , the water will rush up into the wine - glass , in consequence of the air being rarefied or driven out by the burning paper , and in ...
... piece of paper ; then invert the glass , while the paper is burning , over a saucer full of water , the water will rush up into the wine - glass , in consequence of the air being rarefied or driven out by the burning paper , and in ...
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Page 191 - LORD, how manifold are Thy works ! in wisdom hast Thou made them all ; the earth is full of Thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Page 145 - Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain ? or can the heavens give showers ? art not thou he, O Lord our God ? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
Page 44 - This will cause the air at the equator to stand more than seven miles higher from the surface of the earth to the top of the atmosphere than at the north pole.
Page 8 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Page 191 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Page 145 - Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen ; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
Page 145 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 79 - They shall not build, and another inhabit: they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Page 191 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is the sum of them. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 69 - This was succeeded by a laugh which was involuntary, but highly pleasurable, accompanied by a peculiar thrilling in the extremities— a sensation perfectly new and delightful. For many hours after this experiment, he imagined that his taste and smell were more acute, and is certain that he felt unusually strong and cheerful. In a second experiment, he felt pleasure still superior, and has since poetically remarked that he supposes the atmosphere of the highest of all possible heavens to be composed...