Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... regard to Vegetation XIV . Sound 14 18 28 35 44 45 47 53 64 • 65 68 82 94 96 98 100 XV . The Atmosphere XVI . Light XVII . The Ether . 107 . 109 . 118 XVIII . Recapitulation 121 BOOK II . COSMICAL ARRANGEMENTS I. The Structure of the.
... regard to Vegetation XIV . Sound 14 18 28 35 44 45 47 53 64 • 65 68 82 94 96 98 100 XV . The Atmosphere XVI . Light XVII . The Ether . 107 . 109 . 118 XVIII . Recapitulation 121 BOOK II . COSMICAL ARRANGEMENTS I. The Structure of the.
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... regard nature in a new light . The conceptions concerning the Deity , his mode of effecting his purposes , the scheme of his government , which are suggested by one stage of our knowledge of natural objects and operations , may become ...
... regard nature in a new light . The conceptions concerning the Deity , his mode of effecting his purposes , the scheme of his government , which are suggested by one stage of our knowledge of natural objects and operations , may become ...
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... and well being of its subjects , or without any regard and fitness to such ends ; whether the country were governed by laws at all , and whether the laws were good . And according to the laws which he 4 INTRODUCTION .
... and well being of its subjects , or without any regard and fitness to such ends ; whether the country were governed by laws at all , and whether the laws were good . And according to the laws which he 4 INTRODUCTION .
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... regard to a very small portion of the appear- ances of the universe , that science , in any strict appli- cation of the term , exists . In very few departments of research have men been able to trace a multitude of known facts to causes ...
... regard to a very small portion of the appear- ances of the universe , that science , in any strict appli- cation of the term , exists . In very few departments of research have men been able to trace a multitude of known facts to causes ...
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... regard to these agents , a great number of laws of nature have been discovered , though undoubtedly a far greater number remain still unknown . So far , therefore , as our knowledge goes , astronomy and meteorology are parts of natural ...
... regard to these agents , a great number of laws of nature have been discovered , though undoubtedly a far greater number remain still unknown . So far , therefore , as our knowledge goes , astronomy and meteorology are parts of natural ...
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