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... sort of diversion could be made of Natural Philosophy : and finding her young visitors in the same disposition , she conduct- ed them to Mr. Setstars , that they might have the use of proper instruments . As Mr. Set- star was engaged in ...
... sort of diversion could be made of Natural Philosophy : and finding her young visitors in the same disposition , she conduct- ed them to Mr. Setstars , that they might have the use of proper instruments . As Mr. Set- star was engaged in ...
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... sort of inhabitants they are , we on earth are unable to discover . As to my part , I am lost in this boundless abyss . It appears to me that the sun , which gives life to the world , is only a beam of the glory of God , and the air ...
... sort of inhabitants they are , we on earth are unable to discover . As to my part , I am lost in this boundless abyss . It appears to me that the sun , which gives life to the world , is only a beam of the glory of God , and the air ...
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... Lecturer , have been the means of many new discoveries in regard to air . They now produce and prove the existence of many different sorts of air ; such as our common air , inflammable air , nitrous Of the Air , Atmosphere , & c . 57.
... Lecturer , have been the means of many new discoveries in regard to air . They now produce and prove the existence of many different sorts of air ; such as our common air , inflammable air , nitrous Of the Air , Atmosphere , & c . 57.
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... sorts , which are contin- ually arising in streams from the earth and waters , and are suspended and kept floating in the air . The most considerable of these are the small particles of water ; which are so sepa- rated as to be lighter ...
... sorts , which are contin- ually arising in streams from the earth and waters , and are suspended and kept floating in the air . The most considerable of these are the small particles of water ; which are so sepa- rated as to be lighter ...
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... least the materials were there found , of which these things are composed . Those sorts of earth , which , with the as- sistance of rain , produce vegetables or plants in such abundance , are common mould , loam , 90 Of Minerals .
... least the materials were there found , of which these things are composed . Those sorts of earth , which , with the as- sistance of rain , produce vegetables or plants in such abundance , are common mould , loam , 90 Of Minerals .
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