Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... changes of winds and skies , seemingly so capricious and casual , are produced by the operation of the sun's heat upon air and moisture , land and sea ; and though in this case we cannot trace the particular events to their general ...
... changes of winds and skies , seemingly so capricious and casual , are produced by the operation of the sun's heat upon air and moisture , land and sea ; and though in this case we cannot trace the particular events to their general ...
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... change would , so far as we can trace its consequences , be detrimental . The form of the law determines in what manner the facts shall take place ; the arbitrary magnitude determines how fast , how far , how soon ; the one gives a ...
... change would , so far as we can trace its consequences , be detrimental . The form of the law determines in what manner the facts shall take place ; the arbitrary magnitude determines how fast , how far , how soon ; the one gives a ...
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... change , by which the influences of the elements operate , are the same arbitrary magnitudes to which the members of the organic world are adapted by the various peculia- rities of their construction . The illustration of this view will ...
... change , by which the influences of the elements operate , are the same arbitrary magnitudes to which the members of the organic world are adapted by the various peculia- rities of their construction . The illustration of this view will ...
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... change of this kind were to take place , the working of the botanical world would be thrown into utter disorder , the functions of plants would be entirely deranged , and the whole vegetable kingdom involved in instant decay and rapid ...
... change of this kind were to take place , the working of the botanical world would be thrown into utter disorder , the functions of plants would be entirely deranged , and the whole vegetable kingdom involved in instant decay and rapid ...
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... change , the processes of vegetable life would be interrupted , deranged , distempered . What , for instance , would become of our calendar of Flora , if the year were lengthened or shortened by six months ? Some of the dates would ...
... change , the processes of vegetable life would be interrupted , deranged , distempered . What , for instance , would become of our calendar of Flora , if the year were lengthened or shortened by six months ? Some of the dates would ...
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