On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man: Principally with Reference to the Supply of His Wants, and the Exercise of His Intellectual FacultiesWilliam Pickering, 1833 - 375 من الصفحات |
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... temperature of the surrounding atmo- sphere ; nor arms for their defence , nor walled " cities for their protection ; kind nature sup- 66 66 66 66 plying to them in bountiful profusion what- " ever is necessary to satisfy their wants a ...
... temperature of the surrounding atmo- sphere ; nor arms for their defence , nor walled " cities for their protection ; kind nature sup- 66 66 66 66 plying to them in bountiful profusion what- " ever is necessary to satisfy their wants a ...
الصفحة 97
... temperature without any serious incon- venience . Thus an atmosphere so cold , as to depress the mercury in Fahrenheit's thermo- meter to the 52d degree below the freezing point of water , has been borne under the protection of very ...
... temperature without any serious incon- venience . Thus an atmosphere so cold , as to depress the mercury in Fahrenheit's thermo- meter to the 52d degree below the freezing point of water , has been borne under the protection of very ...
الصفحة 98
... temperature is as capable of being steadily and uniformly raised , by in- creasing the heat of the room in which they are placed , as if they were inanimate matter . The application of heat to the various pur- poses of life has a very ...
... temperature is as capable of being steadily and uniformly raised , by in- creasing the heat of the room in which they are placed , as if they were inanimate matter . The application of heat to the various pur- poses of life has a very ...
الصفحة 112
... temperature , appears to be in a great measure derived from the gratification of a natural feeling for we find it prevalent in every country and in every stage of society , not only with reference to its medicinal effects , but as a ...
... temperature , appears to be in a great measure derived from the gratification of a natural feeling for we find it prevalent in every country and in every stage of society , not only with reference to its medicinal effects , but as a ...
الصفحة 115
... temperature which it was to obtain in the first . " It is but lately that this principle has been " introduced into modern furnaces ; but its use " in reducing the consumption of fuel is well " known . " In the same account of Pompeii ...
... temperature which it was to obtain in the first . " It is but lately that this principle has been " introduced into modern furnaces ; but its use " in reducing the consumption of fuel is well " known . " In the same account of Pompeii ...
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