The Works of Francis Bacon: Translations of the philosophical worksLongmans, 1889 |
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Page 118
... dilated into common places , nor chasing after controversies , nor reduced into method of art , but en- tirely unconnected and natural . It is indeed a thing sometimes found in the more learned sermons , which for the most part do not ...
... dilated into common places , nor chasing after controversies , nor reduced into method of art , but en- tirely unconnected and natural . It is indeed a thing sometimes found in the more learned sermons , which for the most part do not ...
Page 168
... dilated air depresses the water as with a blast ; but in a glass filled only with air and capped with a bladder the dilatation of the air blows out the bladder perceptibly , like a wind . 11. I made an experiment of this kind of wind in ...
... dilated air depresses the water as with a blast ; but in a glass filled only with air and capped with a bladder the dilatation of the air blows out the bladder perceptibly , like a wind . 11. I made an experiment of this kind of wind in ...
Page 169
... dilated , the cross of feathers with its thread began to wave about , first to one side and then to the other . And ... dilatation and contraction of the air . 13. Winds rising from mere motions of the air , with no intermixture of ...
... dilated , the cross of feathers with its thread began to wave about , first to one side and then to the other . And ... dilatation and contraction of the air . 13. Winds rising from mere motions of the air , with no intermixture of ...
Page 200
... dilatation or contraction in the body of the air . For if this could be done , the raising and calming of the winds would naturally follow ; like Pliny's experiment , if it be true , of throwing vinegar against the whirlwind . ' Another ...
... dilatation or contraction in the body of the air . For if this could be done , the raising and calming of the winds would naturally follow ; like Pliny's experiment , if it be true , of throwing vinegar against the whirlwind . ' Another ...
Page 313
... dilatation of the heart is a motion three times more rapid than respiration ; so that if it were possible without hindering respiration to stop this motion of the heart , death would ensue quicker than by strangulation . 17. Use and ...
... dilatation of the heart is a motion three times more rapid than respiration ; so that if it were possible without hindering respiration to stop this motion of the heart , death would ensue quicker than by strangulation . 17. Use and ...
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