 ... all matters lighter than the central parts of that air, and immersed in it, would recede from the centre, and rise till they arrived at that region of the air which was of the same specific gravity with themselves, where they would rest ; while other...  Terrible Tractoration, and Other Poems - Page 65by Thomas Green Fessenden - 1837 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1793 - 702 pages
...lighter thin the central parts of that air, and ¡mmerfed in it, would recede from the centre, and rife till they arrived at that region of the air which was of the fame /pecific gravity with themfdves, where they would reft; while other matter mixed with the lighter... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Electronic journals - 1793 - 428 pages
...lighter than the central part of that air and immerfed in it, would recede from the centre and rife till they arrived at that region of the air which was of the fame fpecific gravity with themfelves, where they would reft; while other matter, mixed with the lighter... | |
 | William Smith - Sermons - 1803 - 492 pages
...towards the centre, and rarer as more remote ; consequently all bodies, lighter than the central parts of that air, and immersed in it, would recede from...the lighter air, would descend, and the two meeting would form. the shell of the first.earth, leaving the upper atmosphere nearly clear. The original,... | |
 | William Smith - Sermons, American - 1803 - 528 pages
...towards the centre, and rarer as more remote ; censequently all bodies, lighter than the central parts of that air, and immersed in it, would recede from...the lighter air, would descend, and the two meeting would form the shell of the first earth, leaving the upper atmosphere nearly clear. The original movement... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - American poetry - 1806 - 320 pages
...common centre: That the air being a fluid whose parts repel each other, though drawn to the common centre by their gravity, would be densest towards...arrived at that region of the air which was of the same specifick gravity with themselves, where they would rest; while other matter, mixed with the lighter... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - American poetry - 1806 - 326 pages
...from the centre and rise till they arrived at that region of the air which was of the same specifick gravity with themselves, where they would rest ; while...the lighter air would descend, and the two meeting would form the shell of the first earth, leaving the upper atmosphere nearly clear.* The original movement... | |
 | 1809 - 700 pages
...lighter than the central parts of that air, and immeiied in it, would recede from the centre, and rife till they arrived at that region of the air which was of the fame fpecific gravity with theinfelvcs, where they would reft ; while other matter mixed with the lighter... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1820 - 360 pages
...more remote ; consequently all matters lighter than the central parts of that air, and immersed i* it, would recede from the centre, and rise till they...the lighter air, would descend, and the two meeting would form the shell of the first earth, leaving the upper atmosphere nearly clear. The original movement... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...towards the centre, and rarer as more remote ; consequently all matters lighter than the central parts of that air, and: immersed in it, would recede from...the lighter air, would descend, and the two meeting would form the shell of the first earth, leaving the upper atmosphere nearly clear. The original movement... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...towards the centre, and rarer as more remote ; consequently all mutters lighter than the central parts of that air, and immersed in it, would recede from...the lighter air, would descend, and the two meeting would form the shell of the first earth, leaving the upper atmosphere nearly clear. The original movement... | |
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