Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... NATURE , with coloured view of Chimborazo , & c . 9. RICHARDSON'S GEOLOGY , AND PALEONTOLOGY , Revised by Dr. WRIGHT , with upwards of 400 Illustrations on Wood . 10. STOCKHARDT'S PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY , Exemplified in Simple Expe ...
... NATURE , with coloured view of Chimborazo , & c . 9. RICHARDSON'S GEOLOGY , AND PALEONTOLOGY , Revised by Dr. WRIGHT , with upwards of 400 Illustrations on Wood . 10. STOCKHARDT'S PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY , Exemplified in Simple Expe ...
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... Nature , the generalization of views , both in reference to the objectivity of external phenomena and the reflection of the aspects of nature upon the imagination and feelings of man , must be carefully separated from the enumeration of ...
... Nature , the generalization of views , both in reference to the objectivity of external phenomena and the reflection of the aspects of nature upon the imagination and feelings of man , must be carefully separated from the enumeration of ...
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... Nature ( Cosmos , vol . i , pp . 62-369 ) , and as the uranological or sidereal sphere of the Cosmos was exclusively ... natural separation of celestial and terrestrial objects has been preserved , which we find by the earliest evidences ...
... Nature ( Cosmos , vol . i , pp . 62-369 ) , and as the uranological or sidereal sphere of the Cosmos was exclusively ... natural separation of celestial and terrestrial objects has been preserved , which we find by the earliest evidences ...
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... natural susceptibility of his mind , prizes " the calm stillness of a starlit summer night . " Although magnitude of ... nature , and while astronomy , which , as the knowledge of moving luminous celestial bodies is most acces- sible to ...
... natural susceptibility of his mind , prizes " the calm stillness of a starlit summer night . " Although magnitude of ... nature , and while astronomy , which , as the knowledge of moving luminous celestial bodies is most acces- sible to ...
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... nature of the problems which it presents to our investigation , exerted a different influence on the intellectual activity and scientific knowledge of mankind . All celestial bodies , excepting our own planet and the aerolites which are ...
... nature of the problems which it presents to our investigation , exerted a different influence on the intellectual activity and scientific knowledge of mankind . All celestial bodies , excepting our own planet and the aerolites which are ...
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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