Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest (Volume 3); Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of Popular Toys and Sports Review
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1827. Excerpt: ... 3d. Equinoctial flowers, which serve for the construction of Flora's dial, since they open at a certain and exact hour of the day, and for the most part close at another determinate hour: for instance, the Leontodon Taraxacum, dandelion, opens at 5-6, closes at 8-9; Hieracium Pilosella, mouse-ear hawkweed, opens at 8, closes at 2; Tragopogon pratemis, yellow goat's-beard, opens at sunrise, and shuts at noon with such regularity, that the husbandman who adopts it as the signal of dinner-time need not fear to have his pudding too much or too little boiled; Sonchus Uevis, smooth sow-thistle, opens at 5, closes at 11-12; Lactuca saliva, cultivated lettuce, opens at 7, closes at 10; Tragopogon luteum, yellow goat's-beard, opens at 3-5, closes at 9-10; Lapsana, nipplewort, opens at 5-6, closes at 10-11; Nymphtea alba, white water-lily, opens at 7, closes at 5; Papaver nudicaule, naked poppy, opens at 5, closes at 7; Hemerocallis fulva, tawny day-lily, opens at 5,closes at 7-8; Convolvulus, opens at 5-6; Malva, mallow, opens at 9-10, closes at 1; Arenaria purpurea, purple sandwort, opens at 9-10, closes at 2-3; Anagallis, pimpernel, opens at 7-8; Portulaca hortensis, garden purslain, opens at 9-10, closes at 11-12; Dianthus prolifir, proliferous pink, opens at 8, closes at 1; Cichoreum, succory, opens at 4-5; Hypocharit, opens at 6-7, closes at 4-5; Crepis, opens at 4-5, closes at 10-11; Picris, opens at 4-5, closes at 12; Calendula Africana, opens at 7, closes at 3-4, &c. "Thus in each flower and simple bell, That in our path betrodden lie, Are sweet remembrancers who tell How fast the winged moments fly." Note 2. p. 68. It may, perhaps, be asked, how this decrease of weight could have been ascertained; since, if the body under examination decreased in weight, ... Read more...
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