Physical Geography, 2권J. Murray, 1849 - 433페이지 |
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364 페이지 - Look not upon me, because I am black, Because the sun hath looked upon me: My mother's children were angry with me ; They made me the keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept.
29 페이지 - The mercury is sustained in the tube by the pressure of the atmosphere on the surface of the fluid in the cup.
80 페이지 - Suppose that the two extremities of a cloud highly charged with electricity hang down towards the earth ; they will repel the electricity from the earth's surface, if it be of the same kind with their own, and will attract the other kind ; and, if a discharge should suddenly take place at one end of the cloud, the equilibrium will instantly be restored by a flash at that point of the earth which is under the other. Though...
108 페이지 - twere well, and only therefore Desire to breed by me. Here 's flowers for you ; Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram ; The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun And with him rises weeping : these are flowers Of middle summer, and I think they are given To men of middle age.
221 페이지 - Iheir successors, for the species do not mix. On some parts of the Orinoco the air is one dense cloud of poisonous insects to the height of twenty feet. It is singular that they do not infest rivers that have black water, and each white stream is peopled with its own kinds ; though ravenous for blood, they can live without it, as they are found where no animals exist. " In Brazil the quantity of insects is so great in the woods, that their noise is heard in a ship at anchor some distance from the...
63 페이지 - Organised beings, possessing life and all its functions, have been discovered so small that a million of them would occupy less space than a grain of sand. The malleability of gold, the perfume of musk, the...
382 페이지 - ... that which concerns the human race, considered collectively, is of the order of physical facts : the greater the number of individuals, the more completely does the will of individuals disappear, and allow the series of general facts, which depend upon the causes by which society exists and is preserved, to predominate We must admit, that on submitting to careful experiment unorganized bodies, and the social system, we are unable to say on which side causes act in their effects with the greatest...
108 페이지 - The crocus, tulip, convolvulus, and many others, close their blossoms at different hours towards evening, some to open them again, others never. The condrille of the walls opens at eight in the morning and closes for ever at four in the afternoon. Some plants seem to be wide awake all night, and to give out their perfume then only, or at nightfall. Many of the jessamines are most fragrant during the twilight : the olea fragrans, the daphne odorata, and the nightstock reserve their sweetness for the...
55 페이지 - In these countries the western coasts are watered during the south-west monsoon, which prevails from April to October; and the eastern coasts are watered during the north-east monsoon, which blows from October to April.
366 페이지 - ... chemical action is the cause of vital force and heat in man and animals. The quantity of food must be in exact proportion to the quantity of oxygen inhaled, otherwise disease and loss of strength would be the consequence. Since cold air is incessantly carrying off warmth from the skin, more exercise is requisite in winter than in summer, in cold climates than in warm; consequently more carbon is necessary in the former than in the latter, in order to maintain the chemical action that generates...