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Leaves from the diary of an army surgeon, or, Incidents of field camp, and hospital life / by Thomas T. Ellis.
Ellis, Thomas T., 1816-Date: [2007?]- Books
The origin of overweight / Yvonne Foss.
Foss, YvonneDate: 2015- Books
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A second volume of philosophical meditations, with divine inferences: containing a view of 1. The primitive purity of the creation. 2. The Change that ensued upon Man's Disobedience. 3. The further Changes that succeeded the Deluge, and Lamech's Prophecy concerning his Son Noah considered; with a new Definition of the present Phaenomena of our Atmosphere in the Nature of Lightning in a clear Sky, Fire-Balls, Fire-Drakes, Shooting-Stars, and Lights in the North, with Tempests of Thunder and Lightning. 4. The last and final Change to be expected, after which all Subjection to future Change will be wholly remov'd. 5. The state of the blessed in a new heaven, and a New Earth. The whole being interspersed with Divine Inferences and many useful Curiosities never before taken notice of by any other Author. The Preface containing, besides other things, the Author's Opinion of the Millennium; as not being a Temporal Reign of Christ, &c. With a postscript on the nature of water-spouts. By Benjamin Parker, Author of the last Philosophical Meditations, and Longitude at Sea.
Parker, Benjamin, -1747.Date: MDCCXXXV. [1735]- Books
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Remarkable case of the effect of lightning on the human body : with general observations on the nature and phenomena of lightning. Adapted for general readers / by John Davies.
Davies, John, 1796-1872.Date: 1839- Books
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An introduction to electricity. In six sections. I. Of Electricity in general. II. A Description of the Electrical Machine. III. A Description of the Apparatus (belonging to the Machine) for making Electrical Experiments. IV. How to know if the Machine be in good Order for performing the Experiment, and how to put it in order if it be not. V. How to make the Electrical Experiments, and to preserve Buildings from Damage by Lightning. VI. Medical Electricity. Illustrated with copper-plates. By James Ferguson, F. R. S.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
Capt'n Bob's adventures in child psychology / Robert Belenky.
Belenky, Robert (Robert Louis), 1931-Date: [2015]- Books
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A compendious system of natural philosophy. With notes, containing the mathematical demonstrations, and some occasional remarks. Part II. Continued. Consisting of five Dissertations. I. Of the Barometer. II. Of the Cause and Origin of the Winds. III. Of the Ascent of Vapours, and their Resolution into Rain, Hail, Snow, &c. IV. Of the Causes of Thunder and Lightning, with a Solution of the Phaenomena of the Aurora Borealis. V. A New Theory of Fermentation. By J. Rowning, M. A. Rector of Anderby in Lincolnshire, and late Fellow of Magdalen College in Cambridge.
Rowning, J. (John), 1701?-1771.Date: [1745]- Books
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An introduction to electricity. In six sections. I. Of Electricity in general. II. A Description of the Electrical Machine. III. A Description of the Apparatus (belonging to the Machine) for making Electrical Experiments. IV. How to know if the Machine be in good Order for performing the Experiments, and how to put it in Order if it be not. V. How to make the Electrical Experiments, and to preserve Buildings from Damage by Lightning. VI. Medical Electricity. The third edition. Illustrated with copper-plates. By James Ferguson, F.R.S.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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Experiments concerning the different efficacy of pointed and blunted rods, in securing buildings against the stroke of lightning / [William Henley].
Henley, William.Date: 1774- Books
On the effects of lightning / by Alex. Ogston.
Ogston, Alexander, 1844-1929Date: 1873- Books
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Proceedings relative to the accident by lightning at Heckingham.
Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]- Books
Mum dreams about a little lightning bug / Judit Franch.
Franch, JuditDate: 2016- Books
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A thousand more notable things: or, modern curiosities. Viz. Divers physical receipts. Monthly observations in gardening, Planting and Grafting. To prevent diseases in children. Directions for all midwives, Nurses, and Child-Barring Women. Problems of Aristotle. A Book of Knowledge. The Art of Angling. The Art of Japanning. Rules of Health & Long-Life. Rules for Blood-Letting. To make the Face beautiful. Reasons of Thundering and Lightning. How to destroy Vermin. To order Children rightly, and to prevent Diseases incident to them. The Art of Painting in Oyl. Curious Inventions for the Ingenious to improve on. To cure all Diseases in all sorts of Cattel. With divers other Curiosities. By G. Johnson. Part II.
Date: [1706?]- Books
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Further observations upon lightning; together with some experiments. By Benjamin Wilson, F.R.S. &c. Communicated to the Royal Society, and rejected in the committee.
Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]- Books
Mum and mummy dream about a little lightning bug / Judit Franch.
Franch, JuditDate: 2016- Books
Mum and dad dream about a little lightning bug / Judit Franch.
Franch, JuditDate: 2016- Books
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Directions for insuring personal safety during storms of thunder and lightning, and for the right application of conductors to houses and other buildings. / By John Leigh, Jun., Esq.
Leigh, John, Esq., Jnr.Date: 1835- Books
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The extraordinary case of Joseph Lockier : who was struck by lightning, and existed three weeks in a wood near Bath, on water only! / [Joseph Lockier and Thomas Creaser].
Lockier, Joseph.Date: [1806]- Books
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Plain trigonometry rendered easy and familiar, by calculations in arithmetick only: With Its Application and Use In ascertaining all Kinds of Heights, Depths, and Distances, In The Heavens, as well as on the Earth and Seas; Whether Of Towers, Forts, Trees, Pyramids, Columns, Wells, Ships, Hills, Clouds, Thunder and Lightning, Atmosphere, Sun, Moon, Mountains in the Moon, Shadows of Earth and Moon, Beginning and End of Eclipses, &c. In which is also shewn, A Curious Trigonometrical Method of discovering the Places where Bees hive in large Woods, in order to obtain, more readily, the salutary Produce of those little Insects. By the Rev. Mr. Turner, later of Magdalen-Hall, Oxford, Author of The View of the Earth;-View of the Heavens;-System of Gauging; and Chronologer Perpetual.
Turner, R. (Richard), 1723 or 1724-1791.Date: MDCCLXV. [1765]- Books
Stolen lightning : the social theory of magic / Daniel Lawrence O'Keefe.
O'Keefe, Daniel Lawrence, 1928-Date: 1982- Books
A case of death from lightning at Nairobi / by J.A. Carman.
Carman, John AmbroseDate: 1927- Books
The lightning stick : arrows, wounds, and Indian legends / H. Henrietta Stockel.
Stockel, H. Henrietta, 1938-Date: [1995], ©1995- Books
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Observations upon lightning, and the method of securing buildings from its effects. In a letter to Sir Charles Frederick, &c. &c. &c / by B. Wilson ... and others.
Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788.Date: 1773- Books
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An essay on the cause of lightning, and the manner by which the thunder-clouds become possessed of their electricity, Deduced From Known Facts And Properties Of That Matter. To which are added, Plain directions for constructing and erecting safe conductors.
Simmons, John, active 1775.Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Books
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The youth's general introduction to Guthrie's geography. Being a complete pocket atlas: containing a description of the several empires, kingdoms, and states, in the world, Their Extent, Bearings, Air, Soil, Produce, Commerce, Strength, Government, Religion, &c. Accompanied with Twenty-Seven Maps on a new Plan, Shewing the Situation of above 3,000 Cities and Towns, the Particulars of which are mentioned in the Work, with their corresponding Ancient and French Names, &c. To which are prefixed, elementary chronology and astronomy: with an Account of Various Phenomena in the Atmosphere, viz. Thunder, Lightning, Hail, Rain, Snow, Wind, &c. The most Useful Geometrical Figures Defined and Constructed: and the Use of the Globes and Maps. Illustrated by a Variety of Examples. The whole Adapted to the Capacity of Youth. By W. Perks, Pimlico.
Perks, William.Date: MDCCXCII. [1792]