The Contemplative Philosopher: Or Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year;: With Poetical Illustrations and Moral Reflections on Each Subject. In Two Volumes..

G. G. and J. Robinson, F. and C. Rivington, W. Bent, Longman and Rees, and J. Mawman. 1800. M. Brown, printer, 1800 - Nature

No Page 1 Reflections on Winter	1

On Winds and Storms	7

On Snow	15

On Winter in the Polar Regions	23

Further Reflections on the Polar Winter	30

Reflections on the Existence of a Supreme Being	39

Reflections on the Solar Syſtem	48

On Comets	55

Vernal Reflections	173

A Moonlight Scene	181

Reflections on Dew	189

On the Food of Plants	199

On Flowers	207

The Anatomy of Flowers	215

Reflections on the Modern Art of Gardening	224

Reflections on Vegetation	232

On a Plurality of Worlds	63

On the Figure and Motion of the Earth	71

On Gravity	80

Including the Theory of Eva poration	88

On the Divine Wiſdom and Goodneſs in the Wonders of the Air	96

On the mechanical Properties and Effects of the Air and the beneficial Ends to which it is fubfervient	105

On the Influence of Air on Vegetation and of Vegetation on Air	114

On the Nature and Properties of Water	124

On Fountains and Rivers	134

On the alternate Succeffion of Day and Night and the Variety and Viciffitudes of the Seafon	147

No Page 19 On Sleep	156

On Dreams	164

The Procefs of Nature in the Vegetation of Plants	240

On various Phenomenons in the Vegetable Kingdom	247

Reflections on the Divine Wiſdom and Power in the Minuter Parts of Creation	258

Further Reflections on the Minute Wonders of Creation	266

A View of the Infect Tribes	275

The Same continued	285

On the Transformation of Infects	293

On Transformation in general	304

On the Beauty and Variety of Butterflies	312

On the wonderful Operations of Bees	316

On the wonderful Ingenuity of Wafps	327

Concluding Confiderations on the wonderful Ingenuity of certain Infects	338

Title	The Contemplative Philosopher: Or Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year;: With Poetical Illustrations and Moral Reflections on Each Subject. In Two Volumes.. Volume 1 of The Contemplative Philosopher: Or Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year;: With Poetical Illustrations and Moral Reflections on Each Subject. In Two Volumes, Richard Lobb
Author	Richard Lobb
Publisher	G. G. and J. Robinson, F. and C. Rivington, W. Bent, Longman and Rees, and J. Mawman. 1800. M. Brown, printer, 1800
Original from	Princeton University
Digitized	5 Dec 2008

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