Conversations on Natural Philosophy: In which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained, and Adapted to the Comprehension of Young Pupils. Illustrated with Plates |
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... Moon ; Eclipses of the Moon ; Eclipses of Jupiter's Moons ; Of the Latitude and Longi- tude ; Of the transits of the inferior Planets ; Of the Tides . Page 124 . CONVERSATION Χ . HYDROSTATICS . On the Mechanical Properties of.
... Moon ; Eclipses of the Moon ; Eclipses of Jupiter's Moons ; Of the Latitude and Longi- tude ; Of the transits of the inferior Planets ; Of the Tides . Page 124 . CONVERSATION Χ . HYDROSTATICS . On the Mechanical Properties of.
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... Tides ; Of Sound in General ; Of Sonorous Bodies ; Of Musical Sounds ; Of Concord or Har . mony , and Melody . Page 170 . CONVERSATION XIV . On Optics . Of Luminous , Transparent , and Opaque Bodies ; Of the Radiation of Light ; Of ...
... Tides ; Of Sound in General ; Of Sonorous Bodies ; Of Musical Sounds ; Of Concord or Har . mony , and Melody . Page 170 . CONVERSATION XIV . On Optics . Of Luminous , Transparent , and Opaque Bodies ; Of the Radiation of Light ; Of ...
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... Tides . MRS . B. We shall to - day confine our attention to the moon , which offers many interesting phenomena . The moon revolves round the earth in the space of about twenty - nine days and a half , in an orbit nearly parallel to that ...
... Tides . MRS . B. We shall to - day confine our attention to the moon , which offers many interesting phenomena . The moon revolves round the earth in the space of about twenty - nine days and a half , in an orbit nearly parallel to that ...
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... tides are effected by the moon , but I cannot conceive what influence it can have on them . Mrs. B. They are produced by the moon's attraction which draws up the waters in a protuberance . Caroline . Does attraction act on water more ...
... tides are effected by the moon , but I cannot conceive what influence it can have on them . Mrs. B. They are produced by the moon's attraction which draws up the waters in a protuberance . Caroline . Does attraction act on water more ...
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... tide only once in twenty - four hours , that is , every time that we were below the moon , while we find that we have two tides in the course of twenty - four hours , and that it is high water with us and with our antipodes at the same ...
... tide only once in twenty - four hours , that is , every time that we were below the moon , while we find that we have two tides in the course of twenty - four hours , and that it is high water with us and with our antipodes at the same ...
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