Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volumen 2Harper & Brothers, 1839 |
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... greater , so as some- times to make miserable havoc and destruction . And it is for this reason that Italy , Sicily , Anato- lia , and some parts of Greece , have been so long and often alarmed and harassed by earthquakes ; these ...
... greater , so as some- times to make miserable havoc and destruction . And it is for this reason that Italy , Sicily , Anato- lia , and some parts of Greece , have been so long and often alarmed and harassed by earthquakes ; these ...
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... greater quan- tity of water invisibly than cold air ; for its particles being by heat repelled to a greater distance from each other , thereby more easily keep the particles of water that are annexed to them from running into cohesions ...
... greater quan- tity of water invisibly than cold air ; for its particles being by heat repelled to a greater distance from each other , thereby more easily keep the particles of water that are annexed to them from running into cohesions ...
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... greater or less , in proportion to the surface exposed by the same quantity of water to those causes of evapora- tion . While the river runs in a narrow , confined channel in the upper hilly country , only a small sur- face is exposed ...
... greater or less , in proportion to the surface exposed by the same quantity of water to those causes of evapora- tion . While the river runs in a narrow , confined channel in the upper hilly country , only a small sur- face is exposed ...
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acquainted affectionately America appear assemblée des notables become body called cause centrifugal force clouds cold conductors continue David Hartley dear friend degree descending earth earthquakes endeavour England equal esteem farther favour fire fluid force Francis Hopkinson FRANKLIN give Glaucon globe gout hand happiness heat Hence honour hope imagine kind letter king king's counsel labour land late leave less light live Lord Kames Marquis de Lafayette matter ment mind motion nation nature necessary never obliged observed occasion opinion paper Parliament particles pass Passy perhaps person Philadelphia Philosophical pleased pleasure Poor Richard says present punishment pyrites quantity reason received rising river salt Socrates soon spiracles spout Star Chamber suppose surface things thought tion vapour virtue warm whirl whirlwind whole wind wish write