The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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Page 55
... Italy , and especially on Monte Paderno , ' loose and scattered about between gypseous stones in a marly earth . It is found most readily after heavy rains , in the streams which run down the sides of the hill . To render it capable of ...
... Italy , and especially on Monte Paderno , ' loose and scattered about between gypseous stones in a marly earth . It is found most readily after heavy rains , in the streams which run down the sides of the hill . To render it capable of ...
Page 121
... Italians it is called calamita , and by the French aimant . Our English name , the loadstone , is of Saxon extraction . As the ancients were not acquainted with the true method of philosophising , and were content with ob- VOL . II . G ...
... Italians it is called calamita , and by the French aimant . Our English name , the loadstone , is of Saxon extraction . As the ancients were not acquainted with the true method of philosophising , and were content with ob- VOL . II . G ...
Page 125
... Italians to perform the short voyages to which they were accustomed , with greater security and ex- pedition , its influence was not so sudden or exten- sive , as immediately to render navigation adven- turous , and to excite a spirit ...
... Italians to perform the short voyages to which they were accustomed , with greater security and ex- pedition , its influence was not so sudden or exten- sive , as immediately to render navigation adven- turous , and to excite a spirit ...
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... Italy and the neigh- bouring island of Sicily . He introduces a description , replete with the most awful imagery , of a city on the point of being swallowed up by an earthquake ; and he expatiates at length upon the signs that precede ...
... Italy and the neigh- bouring island of Sicily . He introduces a description , replete with the most awful imagery , of a city on the point of being swallowed up by an earthquake ; and he expatiates at length upon the signs that precede ...
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... Italy , Europe or Asia , but in all parts of the world . This mineral is called in some parts of England , copperas - stone ; in others , brazil ; in others , brass - lumps ; in others , rust - balls ; in others , horse - gold ; in ...
... Italy , Europe or Asia , but in all parts of the world . This mineral is called in some parts of England , copperas - stone ; in others , brazil ; in others , brass - lumps ; in others , rust - balls ; in others , horse - gold ; in ...
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