Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy: Considered in It's [sic] Present State of Improvement. Describing in a Familiar and Easy Manner, the Principal Phenomena of Nature; and Shewing, that They All Co-operate in Displaying the Goodness, Wisdom, and Power of God, Band 3

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... motion in the ecliptic Of the planets Of the armillary sphere 535 541 543 to 560 Of the fixed stars , & c . To obtain a knowledge of the conftellations 561 569 ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY . OF THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF CONTENTS . vii.

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... Sphere of powers , because he ftill confiders extenfion as neceffary to his matter ; his fpheres therefore must be impenetrable , one cannot be in the place of the other at the fame time , for this alone is the phyfical idea of ...

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... Sphere of powers ? They have relation to fpace , they occupy place , and are moved ; confequently all the true notions of motion are as applicable to thefe as to any other concep- tion of matter : it is as inert as our's , and after all ...

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... sphere into two Spheres , but it may be divided into parts , fo as to be no longer a Sphere . In the fame manner the fyftem of intelli- gence , that we denominate the foul of man , cannot be divided into two fouls ; but it may be ...

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... spheres , but in contrary directions ; that is , the force by which the ftriking body is refifted , will urge forward the body ftruck ; which , there- fore , will be gradually accelerated , and the striking ball retarded , until the ...

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LECTURE XXIV	1

Of inertia and gravity	17

Of gravity confidered as a fact	37

Mind and matter effentially different	50

Of materialiſm	86

Of motion	95

Of the momentum or quantity of motion	108

Of compound motion	116

Of a compound engine	319

Of fly wheels	327

Of friction	333

Of man confidered as an artificial machine	343

Of wheel carriages	352

Mr Vince on wheel carriages	358

LECTURE XXXIII	369

Of the gravity of the particles of fluids c	375

Of the defcent of bodies on inclined planes	154

LECTURE XXVIII	163

Of the fituation of the center of gravity	172

General obfervations	180

Concerning pendulums	196

Of the center of oscillation	204

Of time	214

LECTURE XXX	227

General obfervations on motion	240

On the permanent motions in nature	246

LECTURE XXXI	257

Of the ballance	277

Of the ſteelyard and Helfhams property of the bal	284

Of the pulley	289

Of the wedge	296

A general remark	304

Of compound engines	313

Of the action of fluids on the veffels in which they	381

Of the action of fluids on bodies immerfed in them	391

The ufe of the hydroſtatic balance	413

To find the ſpecific gravity of fluids	421

Of the hydrometer	431

Table of ſpecific gravities 438	438

Of the diving bell	462

Of jet deaus	479

Of the forcing pump	488

Of Veras pump	494

Of the vibratory motion of water in a ſyphon	501

LECTURE	512

On aftronomy	513

Of the aſtronomical quadrant 525 to	531

Of the planets	541

Of the armillary ſphere 543 to	560

To obtain a knowledge of the conftellations	569

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Seite 458 - But the exercise of swimming, said the prince, is very laborious: the strongest limbs are soon wearied. I am afraid the act of flying will be yet more violent; and wings will be of no great use, unless we can fly further than we can swim.

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Seite 459 - should you envy others so great an advantage? All skill ought to be exerted for universal good; every man has owed much to others and ought to repay the kindness that he has received.

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Seite 511 - Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.

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Titel	Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy: Considered in It's [sic] Present State of Improvement. Describing in a Familiar and Easy Manner, the Principal Phenomena of Nature; and Shewing, that They All Co-operate in Displaying the Goodness, Wisdom, and Power of God, Band 3 Band 3 von Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Adams Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy: Considered in It's [sic] Present State of Improvement. Describing in a Familiar and Easy Manner, the Principal Phenomena of Nature; and Shewing, that They All Co-operate in Displaying the Goodness, Wisdom, and Power of God, George Adams
Autor/in	George Adams
Verlag	R. Hindmarsh, 1794
Original von	University of Michigan
Digitalisiert	29. Juni 2007

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