Astronomy and General Physics considered with reference to Natural Theology. (Eighth edition.).William Pickering, 1847 - 381 pages |
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... degree of such knowledge which man may attain . The forms of its most important laws may be conceived to be certainly known ; and hundreds of observers in all parts of the world are daily employed in determining , with additional ...
... degree of such knowledge which man may attain . The forms of its most important laws may be conceived to be certainly known ; and hundreds of observers in all parts of the world are daily employed in determining , with additional ...
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... degree various and unlike each other . The intensity and activity of natu- ral influences follow in different cases the most different rules . In some instances they are periodical , increasing and diminishing alter- nately , in a ...
... degree various and unlike each other . The intensity and activity of natu- ral influences follow in different cases the most different rules . In some instances they are periodical , increasing and diminishing alter- nately , in a ...
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... degree ; a greater velocity , and consequently a diminished period , being requisite in order to balance an augmented cen- tral attraction . In any of these ways the length of the earth's natural year might have been dif- ferent from ...
... degree ; a greater velocity , and consequently a diminished period , being requisite in order to balance an augmented cen- tral attraction . In any of these ways the length of the earth's natural year might have been dif- ferent from ...
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... degree modify , and hasten or retard the stages of this period ; but when the constraint is removed the natural period is again resumed . Such stimu- lants as we have mentioned are not the causes of this periodicity . They do not ...
... degree modify , and hasten or retard the stages of this period ; but when the constraint is removed the natural period is again resumed . Such stimu- lants as we have mentioned are not the causes of this periodicity . They do not ...
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... degree of constancy in the average weather and seasons of each place , though the particular facts of which these ... degrees of the thermometer ; the temperature of the day is esti- mated by this measure taken at a certain period of the ...
... degree of constancy in the average weather and seasons of each place , though the particular facts of which these ... degrees of the thermometer ; the temperature of the day is esti- mated by this measure taken at a certain period of the ...
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