Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... regard to the first kind of laws , they are in the highest degree various and unlike each other . The intensity and activity of natural influences follow in different cases the most different rules . In some instances they are ...
... regard to the first kind of laws , they are in the highest degree various and unlike each other . The intensity and activity of natural influences follow in different cases the most different rules . In some instances they are ...
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... regard heat make one vast watering - engine of the atmosphere . CHAP . X. - The Laws of Heat with respect to Air . We have seen in the preceding chapter , how many and how important are the offices discharged by the aqueous part of the ...
... regard heat make one vast watering - engine of the atmosphere . CHAP . X. - The Laws of Heat with respect to Air . We have seen in the preceding chapter , how many and how important are the offices discharged by the aqueous part of the ...
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... regard to heat might , so far as we can see , have been more similar , or more dissimilar , than it now is : the rate of each law might have had a different amount from its present one , so as quite to alter the relation of the two . By ...
... regard to heat might , so far as we can see , have been more similar , or more dissimilar , than it now is : the rate of each law might have had a different amount from its present one , so as quite to alter the relation of the two . By ...
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... regard has been shown to the permanency and stability of the terrestrial system , which may be traced in the adjustment of the masses , distances , positions , and motions of the bodies of the celestial machine . This permanency appears ...
... regard has been shown to the permanency and stability of the terrestrial system , which may be traced in the adjustment of the masses , distances , positions , and motions of the bodies of the celestial machine . This permanency appears ...
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... regard to the electricity of the atmosphere , what winds are with regard to heat and moisture . They restore the equilibrium where it has been disturbed , and carry the fluid from places where it is superfluous , to others where it is ...
... regard to the electricity of the atmosphere , what winds are with regard to heat and moisture . They restore the equilibrium where it has been disturbed , and carry the fluid from places where it is superfluous , to others where it is ...
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