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Strona 4
... nearly four thousand years ago . In profane history the earliest mention of navigation is that of the voyage of the ship Argo into the Euxine , which took place probably about three thousand years ago . What a contrast be- tween her ...
... nearly four thousand years ago . In profane history the earliest mention of navigation is that of the voyage of the ship Argo into the Euxine , which took place probably about three thousand years ago . What a contrast be- tween her ...
Strona 9
... nearly . It is now well ascertained that these mo- tions are caused by the attraction of the sun and moon , but more particularly the latter , upon the particles of water , which , moving freely among them- selves with little force of ...
... nearly . It is now well ascertained that these mo- tions are caused by the attraction of the sun and moon , but more particularly the latter , upon the particles of water , which , moving freely among them- selves with little force of ...
Strona 10
... nearly in the same position as be- fore . The fact is , that the earth is drawn away from the water on the remote side , and then the water is drawn away from the earth on the near side . The sun is greatly larger than the moon , but ...
... nearly in the same position as be- fore . The fact is , that the earth is drawn away from the water on the remote side , and then the water is drawn away from the earth on the near side . The sun is greatly larger than the moon , but ...
Strona 13
... nearly stationary , owing to the slightness of their cohesion to the glass . To a very minute insect attached to the vessel , it would seem that the water was rushing round in an op- posite direction while the glass remained stationary ...
... nearly stationary , owing to the slightness of their cohesion to the glass . To a very minute insect attached to the vessel , it would seem that the water was rushing round in an op- posite direction while the glass remained stationary ...
Strona 14
... nearly at right angles to the mouth : it is easy to imagine that a strong current of air would issue from the tube , exactly as the waters of the Gulf - stream do from their narrow gorge . The waters of the Pa- cific have the same ...
... nearly at right angles to the mouth : it is easy to imagine that a strong current of air would issue from the tube , exactly as the waters of the Gulf - stream do from their narrow gorge . The waters of the Pa- cific have the same ...
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Strona 5 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Strona 358 - O 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.
Strona 229 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Strona 22 - ... turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff", and the cummin with a rod.
Strona 173 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. "Day after day, day after day, 115 We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Strona 173 - For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Strona 172 - The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon — ' The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast.
Strona 5 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb...
Strona 178 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
Strona 8 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.