Astronomy and General Physics: Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyWilliam Pickering, 1836 - 381 páginas |
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... luminiferous ether to have no local motion and to produce refraction and reflexion by the operation of its elasticity alone . We must necessarily suppose the tenuity of the ether to be extreme ; and if we moreover suppose its tension to ...
... luminiferous ether to have no local motion and to produce refraction and reflexion by the operation of its elasticity alone . We must necessarily suppose the tenuity of the ether to be extreme ; and if we moreover suppose its tension to ...
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... luminiferous ether then , if we so call the medium in which light is propagated , must possess many other properties besides those mechanical ones on which the illuminating power depends . It must not be merely like a fluid poured into ...
... luminiferous ether then , if we so call the medium in which light is propagated , must possess many other properties besides those mechanical ones on which the illuminating power depends . It must not be merely like a fluid poured into ...
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... luminiferous ether as we know of the constitution of the atmosphere , we should find it a machine as complex and artificial , as skilfully and admirably constructed . We know at present very little indeed of the construction of this ...
... luminiferous ether as we know of the constitution of the atmosphere , we should find it a machine as complex and artificial , as skilfully and admirably constructed . We know at present very little indeed of the construction of this ...
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... ethers be the same with the luminiferous ether , or with each other ; are questions of which all or most appear to be at present undecided , and it would be presumptuous and premature here to take one side or the other . The mere fact ...
... ethers be the same with the luminiferous ether , or with each other ; are questions of which all or most appear to be at present undecided , and it would be presumptuous and premature here to take one side or the other . The mere fact ...
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... luminiferous ether , if we adopt that theory , or the fluid light of the theory of emission , must indubitably pervade the remotest regions of the universe , and must be supposed to exist , as soon as we suppose the material parts of ...
... luminiferous ether , if we adopt that theory , or the fluid light of the theory of emission , must indubitably pervade the remotest regions of the universe , and must be supposed to exist , as soon as we suppose the material parts of ...
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Página 363 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Página x - CHEMISTRY, METEOROLOGY, AND THE FUNCTION OF DIGESTION, CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO NATURAL THEOLOGY.
Página 315 - This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called Lord God...
Página 107 - Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand. For Hot, Cold, Moist and Dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mastery...
Página 315 - And though every true Step made in this Philosophy brings us not immediately to the Knowledge of the first Cause, yet it brings us nearer to it, and on that account is to be highly valued.
Página 265 - Your obligation to obey this law, is its being the law of your nature. That your conscience approves of and attests to such a course of action, is itself alone an obligation. Conscience does not only offer itself to show us the way we should walk in, but it likewise carries its own authority with it, that it is our natural guide ; the guide assigned us by the Author of our nature...
Página viii - Pounds sterling ; this sum, with the accruing dividends thereon, to be held at the disposal of the President, for the time being, of the Royal Society of London, to be paid to the person or persons nominated by him. The Testator...
Página 355 - But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this — we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular case, but by the establishment of general laws.
Página 361 - Insects, can be the effect of nothing else than the Wisdom and Skill of a powerful ever-living Agent, who being in all Places, is more able by his Will to move the Bodies within his boundless uniform Sensorium, and thereby to form and reform the Parts of the Universe, than we are by our Will to move the Parts of our own Bodies.
Página 162 - ... and hence it is that some of these apparent derangements have been going on in the same direction since the beginning of the history of the world. But the restoration is in the sequel as complete as the derangement, and in the meantime the disturbance never attains a sufficient amount seriously to alter the adaptations of the system." " The same examination of the subject by which this is proved points out also the condition on which the stability depends. ' I have succeeded in demonstrating...