Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... forces . Although a great accu- mulation of phenomena may tend to demonstrate their causal connection , a General Picture of Nature can only produce fresh and vivid impressions when , bounded by narrow limits , its perspicuity is not ...
... forces . Although a great accu- mulation of phenomena may tend to demonstrate their causal connection , a General Picture of Nature can only produce fresh and vivid impressions when , bounded by narrow limits , its perspicuity is not ...
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... forces of attraction . The impression of the sublime , when it arises from that which is immeasurable and physically great , passes almost unconsciously to ourselves beyond the mysterious boundary which connects the metaphysical with ...
... forces of attraction . The impression of the sublime , when it arises from that which is immeasurable and physically great , passes almost unconsciously to ourselves beyond the mysterious boundary which connects the metaphysical with ...
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... force inherent in matter , has formed a basis for chemistry , and for all those branches of physical science which treat of phenomena , that have not as yet been found to be connected with vibrations generating heat and light . Each ...
... force inherent in matter , has formed a basis for chemistry , and for all those branches of physical science which treat of phenomena , that have not as yet been found to be connected with vibrations generating heat and light . Each ...
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... force - amid the plastic and creative energy of the whole of the organic world , and of many inorganic substances - amid the meta- morphosis of matter which exhibits an ever - active appear- ance of creation and annihilation , the human ...
... force - amid the plastic and creative energy of the whole of the organic world , and of many inorganic substances - amid the meta- morphosis of matter which exhibits an ever - active appear- ance of creation and annihilation , the human ...
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... force , although he did not separate them with sufficient distinctness , for we find - as if in the felicitous presentiment of future discoveries - that he attempted in the Queries to his Optics to refer capillarity and the little that ...
... force , although he did not separate them with sufficient distinctness , for we find - as if in the felicitous presentiment of future discoveries - that he attempted in the Queries to his Optics to refer capillarity and the little that ...
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