Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... and fixity of the rules by which these causes act . The variety of the effects takes place , because the circumstances in different cases vary ; and not because the action of material causes leaves anything to chance B 2 OBJECT . 3.
... and fixity of the rules by which these causes act . The variety of the effects takes place , because the circumstances in different cases vary ; and not because the action of material causes leaves anything to chance B 2 OBJECT . 3.
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... effects combined and balanced . And the general tendency of the results thus produced may discover to us something of the character of the power which has legislated for the material world . We are not to push too far the analogy thus ...
... effects combined and balanced . And the general tendency of the results thus produced may discover to us something of the character of the power which has legislated for the material world . We are not to push too far the analogy thus ...
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... effects of heat , moisture , air , and the like elements are treated of , including , among other subjects , all that we know of the causes of the weather ( meteorology ) is a far more imperfect science than astronomy . Yet , with ...
... effects of heat , moisture , air , and the like elements are treated of , including , among other subjects , all that we know of the causes of the weather ( meteorology ) is a far more imperfect science than astronomy . Yet , with ...
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... effects which constitute seasons and climates , day and night ; that this globe has its surface furrowed and ridged with various inequalities , the waters of the ocean occupying the depressed parts : -that it is surrounded by an ...
... effects which constitute seasons and climates , day and night ; that this globe has its surface furrowed and ridged with various inequalities , the waters of the ocean occupying the depressed parts : -that it is surrounded by an ...
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... effect also the physical agencies which are at work at the surface of the earth , and hence come in contact with terrestrial occurrences . They thus influence the functions of plants and animals . The circumstances in the cosmical ...
... effect also the physical agencies which are at work at the surface of the earth , and hence come in contact with terrestrial occurrences . They thus influence the functions of plants and animals . The circumstances in the cosmical ...
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