Light: Its Properties and Effects ...Religious Tract Society, 1840 - 192 pàgines |
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Pàgina iv
... Flowers The Plumage of Birds - Colours of the Dolphin - Diversity in Human Complexion - The Rainbow - Visions of the Apostle John- Singular Appearances - Experiments of Sir Isaac Newton - Decompo- sition of Light . 65 80 CONTENTS . V ...
... Flowers The Plumage of Birds - Colours of the Dolphin - Diversity in Human Complexion - The Rainbow - Visions of the Apostle John- Singular Appearances - Experiments of Sir Isaac Newton - Decompo- sition of Light . 65 80 CONTENTS . V ...
Pàgina 39
... flowers , the brilliancy of the crocus , the lily , or the rose , to the lurid aspect of hen- bane or belladonna : and though something of a moral character may in these instances determine the preference , 40 LIGHT IS CONGENIAL . yet ...
... flowers , the brilliancy of the crocus , the lily , or the rose , to the lurid aspect of hen- bane or belladonna : and though something of a moral character may in these instances determine the preference , 40 LIGHT IS CONGENIAL . yet ...
Pàgina 67
... flower painted at the bottom of the inside , on a table , to stand at such a distance as that the flower may be concealed by the rim , and if any person will pour water into the cup , you will soon see the flower , though you do not ...
... flower painted at the bottom of the inside , on a table , to stand at such a distance as that the flower may be concealed by the rim , and if any person will pour water into the cup , you will soon see the flower , though you do not ...
Pàgina 73
... flower could not be seen where it was , now it is seen where it is not ; for as it is in a denser medium , it appears raised , or nearer to the surface . To this circumstance it is owing , that an oar , partly in and partly out of the ...
... flower could not be seen where it was , now it is seen where it is not ; for as it is in a denser medium , it appears raised , or nearer to the surface . To this circumstance it is owing , that an oar , partly in and partly out of the ...
Pàgina 81
... flowers and highly coloured drawings should be placed on the tables . The room being at first lighted with ordinary lights , the bright and gay colours of every thing that it contains will be finely G 82 LIGHT OF ONE COLOUR . displayed ...
... flowers and highly coloured drawings should be placed on the tables . The room being at first lighted with ordinary lights , the bright and gay colours of every thing that it contains will be finely G 82 LIGHT OF ONE COLOUR . displayed ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
ACHROMATIC TELESCOPE AHAZ Ajalon ancient ASTOR atmosphere beam beautiful behold Bethlehem blue bright brilliant called carbonic acid CHAPTER circumstances clouds colour convex lens cuticle dark direction distance Divine earth effect Egypt experiment fact feet figure firmament flowers glass globe glory green heaven horizon hues inch instance inverted John Dollond LENOX AND TILDEN lens little creatures luminous luminous appearance luminous body MAGI magnified marine animals Memnon microscope miles minute moon morning mucosum nature night NIGHT IN HEAVEN objects observed Orinoco passed PHOSPHORESCENCE placed plants prism produced rainbow rays of light reflected refracting telescopes refraction remarkable Remphan resembling retina rising rocks says seen shadow ship sounds space SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS star STAR OF BETHLEHEM statue of Memnon sunrise supposed surface syrup telescope Thaumatrope things TILDEN FOUNDATIONS tints transparent traveller unto vegetable visible vision word yellow
Passatges populars
Pàgina 11 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Pàgina 12 - And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.
Pàgina 59 - Now the Lord is that Spirit : and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Pàgina 11 - ... ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep, Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail, universal Lord! be bounteous still To give us only good; and, if the night Have gathered aught of evil or concealed. Disperse it, as now light dispels the dark!
Pàgina 74 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah : their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Pàgina 24 - The hand that gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day.
Pàgina v - I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Pàgina 24 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy ; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the daystar arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation.
Pàgina 17 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Pàgina 74 - Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.