Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... principles which govern it seem now to be pretty well made out , and they offer no small evidence of beneficent arrangement . The Besides our atmosphere of aqueous vapour , we have another and far larger atmosphere of common air ; a ...
... principles which govern it seem now to be pretty well made out , and they offer no small evidence of beneficent arrangement . The Besides our atmosphere of aqueous vapour , we have another and far larger atmosphere of common air ; a ...
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... principles and complex in their results . It need not be wondered , therefore , if the study of this subject is very difficult and entangled , and our knowledge , after all , very imperfect . In the midst of all this apparent confusion ...
... principles and complex in their results . It need not be wondered , therefore , if the study of this subject is very difficult and entangled , and our knowledge , after all , very imperfect . In the midst of all this apparent confusion ...
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... principles , and the greater part of the phenomena can thus be shown to result from the properties of the fluids . There are several remarkable circumstances in the way in which air answers its purpose as the vehicle 102 TERRESTRIAL ...
... principles , and the greater part of the phenomena can thus be shown to result from the properties of the fluids . There are several remarkable circumstances in the way in which air answers its purpose as the vehicle 102 TERRESTRIAL ...
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... principles , as it certainly does not fall in with the convictions of the religious man , in whatever way obtained . We conceive that this state of things has had a beginning ; we conceive that it will have an end . But , in the mean ...
... principles , as it certainly does not fall in with the convictions of the religious man , in whatever way obtained . We conceive that this state of things has had a beginning ; we conceive that it will have an end . But , in the mean ...
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William Whewell. * one year . All terrestrial things would float about with no principle of coherence or stability : they would obey the general law of the system , but would acknowledge no particular relation to the earth . We can ...
William Whewell. * one year . All terrestrial things would float about with no principle of coherence or stability : they would obey the general law of the system , but would acknowledge no particular relation to the earth . We can ...
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