Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... perpetually occurring causes of derangement and unsteadiness : we should feel a want of ballast in our movements . It has sometimes been maintained by fanciful theorists that the earth is merely a shell , and that the central parts are ...
... perpetually occurring causes of derangement and unsteadiness : we should feel a want of ballast in our movements . It has sometimes been maintained by fanciful theorists that the earth is merely a shell , and that the central parts are ...
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... perpetually unequal . The atmos- phere might be perpetually changing its composition by the condensation of some of its constituent gases . In the operations of the elements , all would be inces- sant and rapid change , without ...
... perpetually unequal . The atmos- phere might be perpetually changing its composition by the condensation of some of its constituent gases . In the operations of the elements , all would be inces- sant and rapid change , without ...
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... perpetually as we advance towards the apparently frozen and untenantable regions in the neighbourhood of the pole . Every zone has its peculiar vegetables ; and while we miss some , we find others make their appearance , as if to ...
... perpetually as we advance towards the apparently frozen and untenantable regions in the neighbourhood of the pole . Every zone has its peculiar vegetables ; and while we miss some , we find others make their appearance , as if to ...
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... perpetually rising from the ocean , and is condensed in the hills and high lands , and through their pores and crevices descends , till it is deflected , collected , and conducted out to the day , by some stratum or channel which is ...
... perpetually rising from the ocean , and is condensed in the hills and high lands , and through their pores and crevices descends , till it is deflected , collected , and conducted out to the day , by some stratum or channel which is ...
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... perpetually by a thousand currents through the air , and descending by the gradually converging branches of the rivers , till it is again returned into the great reservoir of the ocean . In every country , these two portions of the ...
... perpetually by a thousand currents through the air , and descending by the gradually converging branches of the rivers , till it is again returned into the great reservoir of the ocean . In every country , these two portions of the ...
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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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