Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... connection , a General Picture of Nature can only produce fresh and vivid impressions when , bounded by narrow limits , its perspicuity is not sacrificed to an excessive aggregation of crowded facts . As in a collection of graphical ...
... connection , a General Picture of Nature can only produce fresh and vivid impressions when , bounded by narrow limits , its perspicuity is not sacrificed to an excessive aggregation of crowded facts . As in a collection of graphical ...
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... connected with vibrations generating heat and light . Each sphere has , therefore , in accordance with the nature of the problems which it presents to our investigation , exerted a different influence on the intellectual activity and ...
... connected with vibrations generating heat and light . Each sphere has , therefore , in accordance with the nature of the problems which it presents to our investigation , exerted a different influence on the intellectual activity and ...
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... connection , general clear- ness and lucidity can only be secured where special details more particularly in the long and successfully cultivated fields of observation — are not separated from the higher points of view of cosmical unity ...
... connection , general clear- ness and lucidity can only be secured where special details more particularly in the long and successfully cultivated fields of observation — are not separated from the higher points of view of cosmical unity ...
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... connected with geology , with the order of suc- cession of the superimposed terrestrial strata and with the ... connection of great and widely diffused phe- nomena , to avoid establishing the natural division of organic and ...
... connected with geology , with the order of suc- cession of the superimposed terrestrial strata and with the ... connection of great and widely diffused phe- nomena , to avoid establishing the natural division of organic and ...
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... connected with the ocean , and covering and inter- secting the earth in every direction . The geometrical surface intersects the directions of the forces vertically , and these forces are composed of all the attractions emanating from ...
... connected with the ocean , and covering and inter- secting the earth in every direction . The geometrical surface intersects the directions of the forces vertically , and these forces are composed of all the attractions emanating from ...
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Abich according acid active volcanoes America andesite Annalen appear ascended Asia Asie Centrale augite basaltic Boussingault chain Chimborazo coast cones conical mountain contain Cordilleras Cosmos Cotopaxi crater declination depth direction distance earth earthquakes east eastern Eifel elevation eruption expedition feet felspar fissures formation fragments geognostic geographical miles geological granite Gunung Gustav Rose heat height hemisphere Hobarton horary hornblende hornitos Humboldt inclination intensity interior investigations island Java Jorullo Junghuhn lake latitude lava lava-streams Leopold von Buch leucite magnetic force masses measurement meridian Mexico needle northern observations obsidian Ocean oligoclase olivine parallel period phenomena phenomenon Phil Poggend points portion pumice pumice-stone Quito remarkable rise rock Sabine scoriæ Sir James Ross southern springs Strabo strata subterranean sulphur summit surface temperature terrestrial magnetism tion toises trachytic Transact upheaval vapours variation Vesuvius volcanic activity Voyage western whilst