Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... increasing and dirti- nishing alternately , in a perpetual succession of equal intervals of time . This is the case with the heat at the earth's surface , which has a period of 14 TERRESTRIAL ADAPTATIONS . BOOK I TERRESTRIAL ADAPTATIONS.
... increasing and dirti- nishing alternately , in a perpetual succession of equal intervals of time . This is the case with the heat at the earth's surface , which has a period of 14 TERRESTRIAL ADAPTATIONS . BOOK I TERRESTRIAL ADAPTATIONS.
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... increased by a month on increasing the distance by one - eighth . We can suppose the earth at a distance of eighty - four or one hundred and eight mil- lions of miles , just as easily as at its present distance of ninety - six millions ...
... increased by a month on increasing the distance by one - eighth . We can suppose the earth at a distance of eighty - four or one hundred and eight mil- lions of miles , just as easily as at its present distance of ninety - six millions ...
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... increased or much diminished , if every object were to become twice as heavy or only half as heavy as it now is , all the forces both of involuntary and voluntary motion , which produce the present orderly and suitable results by being ...
... increased or much diminished , if every object were to become twice as heavy or only half as heavy as it now is , all the forces both of involuntary and voluntary motion , which produce the present orderly and suitable results by being ...
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... , which are to be over- come . If , therefore , we suppose gravity to increase , the rapidity of this vegetable circulation will diminish , and the rate at which this function proceeds will not 38 TERRESTRIAL ADAPTATIONS .
... , which are to be over- come . If , therefore , we suppose gravity to increase , the rapidity of this vegetable circulation will diminish , and the rate at which this function proceeds will not 38 TERRESTRIAL ADAPTATIONS .
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... increase of gravity as would stop the vital movements of the plant in a very short time . In like manner , a dimi- nution of the gravity of the vegetable juices would accelerate the rising of the sap , and would probably hurry and ...
... increase of gravity as would stop the vital movements of the plant in a very short time . In like manner , a dimi- nution of the gravity of the vegetable juices would accelerate the rising of the sap , and would probably hurry and ...
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