The Christian Philosopher: A Collection of the Best Discoveries in Nature, with Religious Improvements |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 31
Page 22
... centre ; some of them with a motion of revolution , others by that of libration . It was a good remark made by one of the an- cients , What is heaven with the decorations of nature , but a kind of glass , which reflects the workmanship ...
... centre ; some of them with a motion of revolution , others by that of libration . It was a good remark made by one of the an- cients , What is heaven with the decorations of nature , but a kind of glass , which reflects the workmanship ...
Page 32
... centre : the axis of the motion inclining to the ecliptic . These solar spots are probably evaporations , which arise from the body of the Sun , somewhat as vapours do from the earth ; and they form them- selves into clouds . That which ...
... centre : the axis of the motion inclining to the ecliptic . These solar spots are probably evaporations , which arise from the body of the Sun , somewhat as vapours do from the earth ; and they form them- selves into clouds . That which ...
Page 35
... centre of the heavens , and the seat of inherent light . It is true , of the blessed we read , they shall shine as the Sun ; and their blessedness . is called , the inheritance of the saints in light . But this is very short of ...
... centre of the heavens , and the seat of inherent light . It is true , of the blessed we read , they shall shine as the Sun ; and their blessedness . is called , the inheritance of the saints in light . But this is very short of ...
Page 38
... centre . They move with differ- ent velocities : but there is this common law ob- served in all of them ; that the squares of the times of their revolutions , are proportional to the cubes of their distances . And the secondary planets ...
... centre . They move with differ- ent velocities : but there is this common law ob- served in all of them ; that the squares of the times of their revolutions , are proportional to the cubes of their distances . And the secondary planets ...
Page 39
... centre of Saturn about 18 of his semi- diameters . The fifth is distant from the centre of Saturn 54 of his semidiameters , and revolves . about him in 79 days . Mr. Huygens , who first of all discovered the fourth , ( for which cause ...
... centre of Saturn about 18 of his semi- diameters . The fifth is distant from the centre of Saturn 54 of his semidiameters , and revolves . about him in 79 days . Mr. Huygens , who first of all discovered the fourth , ( for which cause ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admirable animals appear aqueous humour Aristotle astonishing atheism auditory nerve axis behold birds blood body bones brain called carry cause centre Cheyne children of men chyle colours comets contrivance crea creatures curious Derham diameter distance divine earth eggs equal ESSAY Father feet fishes fluid force four give globe glorious glory glottis gravity hath heart heat heaven hundred infinite insects iron lacteals legs light loadstone Lord magnet Maker mankind matter membranes miles moon motion move muscles nature nerves observes occasion Olaus Magnus optic nerve oviparous papillæ particles pass philosopher plants Pliny pole posture pounds weight praises quadrupeds quantity rain reason round Saturn Saviour serve shews Sir Isaac Newton sort soul stomach stone surfaces thee things thou thought thousand tion unto vapours vast vegetable vessels weight wherein whereof whole winds wisdom wonderful
Popular passages
Page 91 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 153 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created : and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Page 46 - These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Page 105 - The depth saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me. It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Page 2 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the...
Page 279 - Are not the species of objects seen with both eyes, united where the optic nerves meet, before they come into the brain, the fibres on the right side of both nerves, uniting there, and after union going thence into the brain in the nerve which is on the right side of the head, and the fibres on the left side of both nerves uniting in the same place, and after union going into the brain in the nerve which is on the left side of the head ; and these two nerves meeting in the brain...
Page 3 - God ; while by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection to the gospel of Christ...