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... minute system to which it belongs — as to be in- visible and unsuspected from some of its principal and remoter members . - ( 3. ) There is hardly any thing which sets in a stronger light the inherent power of truth over the mind of man ...
... minute system to which it belongs — as to be in- visible and unsuspected from some of its principal and remoter members . - ( 3. ) There is hardly any thing which sets in a stronger light the inherent power of truth over the mind of man ...
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... minute description of methods of observation , or the formulæ he requires prepared to his hand , or their de- monstrations drawn out in detail . In all these the present work will be found meagre , and quite inadequate to his wants ...
... minute description of methods of observation , or the formulæ he requires prepared to his hand , or their de- monstrations drawn out in detail . In all these the present work will be found meagre , and quite inadequate to his wants ...
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... minute proportion to the whole earth , are yet too considerable with respect to ourselves and to that small portion of it which we can see at a single view , to allow of our forming any judgment of the form of the whole , from that of a ...
... minute proportion to the whole earth , are yet too considerable with respect to ourselves and to that small portion of it which we can see at a single view , to allow of our forming any judgment of the form of the whole , from that of a ...
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... minute solid particles which float in it , and , perhaps , also on the actual material atoms of the air itself . To understand how this takes place , we must recollect , that it is not only by the direct light of a luminous object that ...
... minute solid particles which float in it , and , perhaps , also on the actual material atoms of the air itself . To understand how this takes place , we must recollect , that it is not only by the direct light of a luminous object that ...
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... minutes , and seconds , from 0 up to 90 ° , and northwards or southwards ac- cording to the hemisphere the place lies in . Thus , the obser- vatory at Greenwich is situated in 51 ° 28 ′ 40 ′′ north latitude . This definition of latitude ...
... minutes , and seconds , from 0 up to 90 ° , and northwards or southwards ac- cording to the hemisphere the place lies in . Thus , the obser- vatory at Greenwich is situated in 51 ° 28 ′ 40 ′′ north latitude . This definition of latitude ...
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