Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... whole into parallels , by H. G. BOHN . Roger De Hoveden's Annals of Eng- lish History ; from A.D. 732 to A.D. 1201 . Edited by H. T. RILEY . In 2 vols . Six Old English Chronicles , viz.:- Asser's Life of Alfred , and the Chronicles of ...
... whole into parallels , by H. G. BOHN . Roger De Hoveden's Annals of Eng- lish History ; from A.D. 732 to A.D. 1201 . Edited by H. T. RILEY . In 2 vols . Six Old English Chronicles , viz.:- Asser's Life of Alfred , and the Chronicles of ...
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... whole of Aiken's Calendar of Nature . Upwards of 100 Engravings . ( Mary and William ) Stories of English and Foreign Life . Twenty beau- tiful Engravings . Hunt's ( Leigh ) Book for a Corner . Eighty extremely beautiful Engravings ...
... whole of Aiken's Calendar of Nature . Upwards of 100 Engravings . ( Mary and William ) Stories of English and Foreign Life . Twenty beau- tiful Engravings . Hunt's ( Leigh ) Book for a Corner . Eighty extremely beautiful Engravings ...
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... whole course of the visible universe , therefore , is but the collective result of such laws ; its movements are only the aggregate of their working . All natural occurrences in the skies and on the earth , in the organic and in the ...
... whole course of the visible universe , therefore , is but the collective result of such laws ; its movements are only the aggregate of their working . All natural occurrences in the skies and on the earth , in the organic and in the ...
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... complexity , influencing and modifying each other's effects in every direction . If we attempt to comprehend at once the whole of this complex system , we find ourselves utterly baffled and over- whelmed 10 INTRODUCTION .
... complexity , influencing and modifying each other's effects in every direction . If we attempt to comprehend at once the whole of this complex system , we find ourselves utterly baffled and over- whelmed 10 INTRODUCTION .
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... whole vegetable kingdom involved in instant decay and rapid extinction . That this would be the case , may be collected from innumerable indications . Most of our fruit trees , for example , require the year to be of its present length ...
... whole vegetable kingdom involved in instant decay and rapid extinction . That this would be the case , may be collected from innumerable indications . Most of our fruit trees , for example , require the year to be of its present length ...
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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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