Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... move- ments depend has its peculiar laws of 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 ...
... move- ments depend has its peculiar laws of 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 ...
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... move - some calculation is requisite , in order to determine the power which we must use , relatively to the work which is to be done : we have a mechanical problem to solve , in order that we may adjust the one to the other . And the ...
... move - some calculation is requisite , in order to determine the power which we must use , relatively to the work which is to be done : we have a mechanical problem to solve , in order that we may adjust the one to the other . And the ...
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... moving strip of greater elevation accompanied by a strip of smaller elevation . We do not here refer to any hypothetical undulations in the fluid matter of heat . the mean temperature belonging to each point on its surface 66 ...
... moving strip of greater elevation accompanied by a strip of smaller elevation . We do not here refer to any hypothetical undulations in the fluid matter of heat . the mean temperature belonging to each point on its surface 66 ...
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... moving in the interstices of the former , as a spring of water flows through a sand rock . * The lower current of air is , as has been said , directed towards the equator , and hence it resists the motion of the steam , the tendency of ...
... moving in the interstices of the former , as a spring of water flows through a sand rock . * The lower current of air is , as has been said , directed towards the equator , and hence it resists the motion of the steam , the tendency of ...
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... move about in different directions , at different altitudes , will be differently charged with moisture , and as they touch and mingle , lines of cloud are formed , which grow and join , and are spread out in floors , or rolled together ...
... move about in different directions , at different altitudes , will be differently charged with moisture , and as they touch and mingle , lines of cloud are formed , which grow and join , and are spread out in floors , or rolled together ...
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