Elements of Natural Philosophy and Natural History, in a Series of Familiar Dialogues: For the Instruction of Indian YouthAmerican Ceylon Mission, 1845 |
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Σελίδα 55 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the VIII sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Σελίδα 52 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Σελίδα 40 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Σελίδα 19 - ... and even mild weather. They are particularly serviceable for navigation and commerce. When the air is so full of heavy vapours that it can no longer sustain them, then these small moist particles run together, and fall down in fine drops, which we call rain. The rain descending in drops is a further manifestation of Divine wisdom ; for if it fell in strong streams it would injure the earth, by washing away its fine light mould from the roots and seeds of plants ; and we should suffer great inconvenience...
Σελίδα 50 - ... after it has been impregnated, only by a brooding heat. The structure of birds is also curious, and a proof of great skill and wisdom. How well adapted is their form for flying ! the substance of their bones is much thinner than that of land animals, that they may be lighter, and better able to mount in the air. And, that the thinness of the bones should not render them weaker, the substance of the bone itself is stronger and harder.
Σελίδα 23 - If the inflammable matter be thin and light, it will rise to the upper part of the atmosphere, where it will flash without doing any harm : but if it be dense, it will lie near the surface of the earth, where, taking fire, it will explode with...
Σελίδα 62 - Some have thought that the spider must fly, to do this ; but she transports herself in this manner : — • She places herself upon the end of a branch, or some other projecting body, and there fastens her thread : after which, she presses out more long threads, which she leaves floating in the air: these threads are wafted by the wind from one side to another, and are there fastened by their natural glue: she afterwards draws them to her, to try if they are well fixed, i and then they become a...
Σελίδα 27 - The attraction of the sun and moon upon the waters of the ocean. The moon being nearest to the earth, her attraction is six times greater than that of the sun. This attraction of the moon raises the waters of the ocean as they come under her influence by the motion of the earth on its axis.
Σελίδα 24 - God made the earth by his power — he established the world by his wisdom — and stretched out the heavens. " On what,'' saith the earth's Creator, " are the foundations thereof fastened ? or who laid the • cornerstone thereof?
Σελίδα 50 - You were just observing that you are much pleased with the singing of birds : and does it not strike you with admiration too, that the tender throats of such small creatures, and those of the male particularly, should be able to form such shrill and variegated notes, while a great ox or bull, can only bellow and roar. It is observable farther, that as they have to fly through the woods, they are provided with a membrane to protect...