Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... action , and these are as universal and as invariable as the law by which a stone falls to the earth when not supported . The world then is governed by general laws ; and in order to collect from the world itself a judgment con- cerning ...
... action , and these are as universal and as invariable as the law by which a stone falls to the earth when not supported . The world then is governed by general laws ; and in order to collect from the world itself a judgment con- cerning ...
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... actions ; rules for the conscious actions of a person ; rules which , as a matter of possibility , he may obey or may transgress ; the latter event being combined , not with an impossibility , 1 but with a penalty . But the Laws of ON ...
... actions ; rules for the conscious actions of a person ; rules which , as a matter of possibility , he may obey or may transgress ; the latter event being combined , not with an impossibility , 1 but with a penalty . But the Laws of ON ...
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... actions of persons and of things , by the sort of control of which persons and things are respectively susceptible ; so ... action and rules of causation , according to which they operate on each other . The whole course of the visible ...
... actions of persons and of things , by the sort of control of which persons and things are respectively susceptible ; so ... action and rules of causation , according to which they operate on each other . The whole course of the visible ...
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... action of external stimulants upon the plant , especially heat , and by the recurrence of the intensity of such agents . Accordingly , there are slight differences in the times of such occurrences , according to the back- * Loudon ...
... action of external stimulants upon the plant , especially heat , and by the recurrence of the intensity of such agents . Accordingly , there are slight differences in the times of such occurrences , according to the back- * Loudon ...
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... action of the light and heat of the day , as appears by their changing their time , when these influences are changed ; but others appear to be constant to the same hours , and indepen- dent of the impulse of such external circumstances ...
... action of the light and heat of the day , as appears by their changing their time , when these influences are changed ; but others appear to be constant to the same hours , and indepen- dent of the impulse of such external circumstances ...
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action adaptation adjusted animals appear arrangements astronomers atmosphere bodies Bohn's CHAP character climate conceive condition connexion consequences consider constitution contemplation contrivance creation Creator deductive reasoning degree depend discovery distance Divine earth Edition effects Engravings existence fact faculties final causes fluid force friction globe gravity heat History Illustrations impression intelligence Jupiter kind knowledge Laplace laws of motion laws of nature light luminiferous ether magnitude manner mass material world mathematical matter means mechanical mechanical philosophy mind mode moisture moral natural philosophy Natural Theology Nebular Hypothesis Newton objects observe operation orbit organic organised P. L. SIMMONDS particles peculiar period perpetually phenomena philosophers physical planets portion Portrait present principles produced properties purpose quantity racter reason relations result revolution revolving solar system STANDARD LIBRARY stars suppose surface temperature tendency things tion trace Translated truths universe vapour vegetable velocity vibrations vols WILLIAM HAZLITT WILLIAM WHEWELL
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