Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... appear in the constitution and combination of those fundamental regulations by which the course of nature is brought about , and made to be what it is . If a man were , by some extraordinary event , to find himself in a remote and ...
... appear in the constitution and combination of those fundamental regulations by which the course of nature is brought about , and made to be what it is . If a man were , by some extraordinary event , to find himself in a remote and ...
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... appear , find abundant reason to admire the wisdom and the goodness which have established the Laws of Nature , however rigorously we may scrutinise the import of this expression . CHAP . II . - On Laws of Nature . WHEN We speak of ...
... appear , find abundant reason to admire the wisdom and the goodness which have established the Laws of Nature , however rigorously we may scrutinise the import of this expression . CHAP . II . - On Laws of Nature . WHEN We speak of ...
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... appear in two ways either in the form of the law , or in the amount of the magnitudes which it regulates , which are some- times called arbitrary magnitudes . If the attraction of the sun upon the planets did not vary inversely as the ...
... appear in two ways either in the form of the law , or in the amount of the magnitudes which it regulates , which are some- times called arbitrary magnitudes . If the attraction of the sun upon the planets did not vary inversely as the ...
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... appear- ances of the universe , that science , in any strict appli- cation of the term , exists . In very few departments of research have men been able to trace a multitude of known facts to causes which appear to be the ultimate ...
... appear- ances of the universe , that science , in any strict appli- cation of the term , exists . In very few departments of research have men been able to trace a multitude of known facts to causes which appear to be the ultimate ...
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... appears to be that of the period which belongs to the actual alternations of heat and cold , namely , a year . Plants and animals have again in their construction certain other periodical functions , which have a reference to ...
... appears to be that of the period which belongs to the actual alternations of heat and cold , namely , a year . Plants and animals have again in their construction certain other periodical functions , which have a reference to ...
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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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