Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... increased by profounder knowledge , and by the use of those means which man has invented to augment his powers of vision , and at the same time enlarge the horizon of his observation . A certain impression of peace and calm- ness blends ...
... increased by profounder knowledge , and by the use of those means which man has invented to augment his powers of vision , and at the same time enlarge the horizon of his observation . A certain impression of peace and calm- ness blends ...
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... increase nor de- crease in the Universe , and that that which the Greeks termed the destruction of matter was a mere separation of parts . Our earthly sphere , within which is comprised all that portion of the organic physical world ...
... increase nor de- crease in the Universe , and that that which the Greeks termed the destruction of matter was a mere separation of parts . Our earthly sphere , within which is comprised all that portion of the organic physical world ...
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... increasing the powers of vision , the difference between the two organisms1 was based upon mere intuition , and in part upon the dogma of self - nutrition ( Aristot . de Anima , ii , 1 t . i , p . 412 , a 14 , 1 See Cosmos , vol . iii ...
... increasing the powers of vision , the difference between the two organisms1 was based upon mere intuition , and in part upon the dogma of self - nutrition ( Aristot . de Anima , ii , 1 t . i , p . 412 , a 14 , 1 See Cosmos , vol . iii ...
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... increase or diminish in one and the same proportion , all the phenomena depending upon relations of gravitation ... increased or diminished , they would still describe curves precisely similar to those which they now describe ; so that ...
... increase or diminish in one and the same proportion , all the phenomena depending upon relations of gravitation ... increased or diminished , they would still describe curves precisely similar to those which they now describe ; so that ...
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... increase the latitude of a place by a change of only 1 " , it must be assumed that there is a transposition in the interior of the earth of a mass , whose weight ( its density being assumed to be that of the mean density of the earth ) ...
... increase the latitude of a place by a change of only 1 " , it must be assumed that there is a transposition in the interior of the earth of a mass , whose weight ( its density being assumed to be that of the mean density of the earth ) ...
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