Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... surfaces of the two planets is different . The law which regulates the density of the air at any point , with reference to ... surface stood at three inches only , or if it showed a pressure of thirty feet of mercury . Now , this being ...
... surfaces of the two planets is different . The law which regulates the density of the air at any point , with reference to ... surface stood at three inches only , or if it showed a pressure of thirty feet of mercury . Now , this being ...
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... surface furrowed and ridged with various inequalities , the waters of the ocean occupying the depressed parts ... surface of the earth , according to their peculiar laws . This surface is , 12 INTRODUCTION . Division of the Subject.
... surface furrowed and ridged with various inequalities , the waters of the ocean occupying the depressed parts ... surface of the earth , according to their peculiar laws . This surface is , 12 INTRODUCTION . Division of the Subject.
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... surface of the earth , and hence come in contact with terrestrial occurrences . They thus influence the functions of plants and animals . The circumstances in the cosmical system of the universe , and in the organic system of the earth ...
... surface of the earth , and hence come in contact with terrestrial occurrences . They thus influence the functions of plants and animals . The circumstances in the cosmical system of the universe , and in the organic system of the earth ...
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... - nishing alternately , in a perpetual succession of equal intervals of time . This is the case with the heat at the earth's surface , which has a period of 14 TERRESTRIAL ADAPTATIONS . BOOK I TERRESTRIAL ADAPTATIONS.
... - nishing alternately , in a perpetual succession of equal intervals of time . This is the case with the heat at the earth's surface , which has a period of 14 TERRESTRIAL ADAPTATIONS . BOOK I TERRESTRIAL ADAPTATIONS.
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William Whewell. at the earth's surface , which has a period of a year ; with the light , which has a period of a day . Other qualities are constant , thus the force of gravity at the same place is always the same . In some cases , a ...
William Whewell. at the earth's surface , which has a period of a year ; with the light , which has a period of a day . Other qualities are constant , thus the force of gravity at the same place is always the same . In some cases , a ...
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