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... feet on each side , which have but two joints resembling those of a louse . When they move , their body is commonly upwards , with their mouth against the stone . They have a large head , somewhat flat and even , of the colour of a ...
... feet on each side , which have but two joints resembling those of a louse . When they move , their body is commonly upwards , with their mouth against the stone . They have a large head , somewhat flat and even , of the colour of a ...
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... feet wide , whence probably the fire issued ; and it might have had several other such holes , since either crusted over or covered with ashes . At the bottom of this hole the fire was seen to flow along , and below it was a channel of ...
... feet wide , whence probably the fire issued ; and it might have had several other such holes , since either crusted over or covered with ashes . At the bottom of this hole the fire was seen to flow along , and below it was a channel of ...
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... feet deep , and four feet broad , and yields as much brine every 24 hours as makes about 40 bushels of salt . The worst pit at Netherwich is of the same breadth and depth as the former ; a quart of brine out of which weighs 27 ounces ...
... feet deep , and four feet broad , and yields as much brine every 24 hours as makes about 40 bushels of salt . The worst pit at Netherwich is of the same breadth and depth as the former ; a quart of brine out of which weighs 27 ounces ...
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... feet long ; and Pliny says , they are sometimes 300 feet or more . Thaddeus Dunus saw voided by a woman one piece of this worm five yards long ; and another , above 20 yards long . Yet in neither could he ob- serve either the head or ...
... feet long ; and Pliny says , they are sometimes 300 feet or more . Thaddeus Dunus saw voided by a woman one piece of this worm five yards long ; and another , above 20 yards long . Yet in neither could he ob- serve either the head or ...
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... feet or three feet and a half in the Gulf of Venice , and as much , or very near as much , all along the river of Genoa , as far as the river Arno ; but this rather adds to the wonder . I here omit to speak at large of the several ...
... feet or three feet and a half in the Gulf of Venice , and as much , or very near as much , all along the river of Genoa , as far as the river Arno ; but this rather adds to the wonder . I here omit to speak at large of the several ...
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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 256 - Epsom Downs, and observing a large prospect, he was exceedingly delighted with it, and called it a new kind of seeing.
Side 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...