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... occasioned a general laugh ; and Tom Wilson starting up , asked how Master Thompson was to stand with his feet up- wards as here represented , without having any thing to support his head ? Have pati- ence , says the little Philosopher ...
... occasioned a general laugh ; and Tom Wilson starting up , asked how Master Thompson was to stand with his feet up- wards as here represented , without having any thing to support his head ? Have pati- ence , says the little Philosopher ...
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... occasioned the eclipses of the sun and moon , and the different appearances , aspects , or phases she at different times puts on : for when the earth is so situated between the sun and the moon that we see all her enlightened parts , it ...
... occasioned the eclipses of the sun and moon , and the different appearances , aspects , or phases she at different times puts on : for when the earth is so situated between the sun and the moon that we see all her enlightened parts , it ...
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... occasioned by the moon's being between the sun and the earth , and preventing the light of the sun from coming to that part of the earth we in- habit . This may be explained by changing the places of the balls ; for when the fives ...
... occasioned by the moon's being between the sun and the earth , and preventing the light of the sun from coming to that part of the earth we in- habit . This may be explained by changing the places of the balls ; for when the fives ...
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... occasioned by the fire's suddenly rarefy- ing the air which was contained in the cham- ber or breach of the cannon , and that gene- rated by the powder itself . As a proof of this , place the same ball in the same quantity of powder in ...
... occasioned by the fire's suddenly rarefy- ing the air which was contained in the cham- ber or breach of the cannon , and that gene- rated by the powder itself . As a proof of this , place the same ball in the same quantity of powder in ...
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... occasioned by heat , eruptions of vapours , condensations , rarefactions , the pressure of clouds , the fall of rains , or some other accident that dis- turbs the equilibrium of the air : for Nature abhors a vacuum , and for that reason ...
... occasioned by heat , eruptions of vapours , condensations , rarefactions , the pressure of clouds , the fall of rains , or some other accident that dis- turbs the equilibrium of the air : for Nature abhors a vacuum , and for that reason ...
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