Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... Remarkable Epitaphs . By T. J. PETTIGREW , F.R.S. , F.S.A. Early Travels in Palestine . Willi- bald , Sawulf , Benjamin of Tudela , Man- deville , La Brocquiere , and Maundrell ; all unabridged . Edited by THOMAS WRIGHT . Ellis's Early ...
... Remarkable Epitaphs . By T. J. PETTIGREW , F.R.S. , F.S.A. Early Travels in Palestine . Willi- bald , Sawulf , Benjamin of Tudela , Man- deville , La Brocquiere , and Maundrell ; all unabridged . Edited by THOMAS WRIGHT . Ellis's Early ...
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... remarkable features of these arrangements are therefore some of the subjects for our consideration . These cosmical arrangements , in their consequences , effect also the physical agencies which are at work at the surface of the earth ...
... remarkable features of these arrangements are therefore some of the subjects for our consideration . These cosmical arrangements , in their consequences , effect also the physical agencies which are at work at the surface of the earth ...
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... remarkable in the naturalisation of plants from one hemisphere to the other . When we transplant our fruit trees to the temperate regions south of the equator , they continue for some years to flourish at the period which corres- ponds ...
... remarkable in the naturalisation of plants from one hemisphere to the other . When we transplant our fruit trees to the temperate regions south of the equator , they continue for some years to flourish at the period which corres- ponds ...
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... remarkable . This shows , that according to the common constitution of such men , the cycle of twenty - four hours is very commodious , though not imposed on them by external circumstances . The hours of food and repose are capable of ...
... remarkable . This shows , that according to the common constitution of such men , the cycle of twenty - four hours is very commodious , though not imposed on them by external circumstances . The hours of food and repose are capable of ...
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... remarkable steadiness . And , though in different places the annual succession of appearances in the earth and heavens , is , in some of its main characters , the same , the result of these influences in the average climate is very ...
... remarkable steadiness . And , though in different places the annual succession of appearances in the earth and heavens , is , in some of its main characters , the same , the result of these influences in the average climate is very ...
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