Nature of the material worldLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1834 |
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... laws , of which , however , we know but a few ; and which give birth to a multiplicity of concrete forms , under which alone we are capable of contemplating it : for no effort has hitherto suc- ceeded in ultimately enucleating the ...
... laws , of which , however , we know but a few ; and which give birth to a multiplicity of concrete forms , under which alone we are capable of contemplating it : for no effort has hitherto suc- ceeded in ultimately enucleating the ...
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... laws of projectiles , assumed an orbicular motion , constituted a distinct planet , and became the chaos of a rising world . * Hence , according to this daring hypothesis , the ex- isting universe has acquired its birth ; hence new ...
... laws of projectiles , assumed an orbicular motion , constituted a distinct planet , and became the chaos of a rising world . * Hence , according to this daring hypothesis , the ex- isting universe has acquired its birth ; hence new ...
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... law of change - we are prepared to contemplate a period in some distant futurity , in which , the great object for which it has been endowed with this superadded power being accomplished , the exemption may extend equally to every part ...
... law of change - we are prepared to contemplate a period in some distant futurity , in which , the great object for which it has been endowed with this superadded power being accomplished , the exemption may extend equally to every part ...
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... laws . * These hypotheses are abstruse , and perhaps ill calculated to afford amusement ; but in a course of physical study they ought by no means to be over- looked . Abstruse as they are , the one or the other of them is interwoven ...
... laws . * These hypotheses are abstruse , and perhaps ill calculated to afford amusement ; but in a course of physical study they ought by no means to be over- looked . Abstruse as they are , the one or the other of them is interwoven ...
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... laws , have interchangeably tried and ex- hibited every possible mode of rencounter ; sometimes repelled from each other by concussion , and some- times adhering to each other from their own jagged or pointed construction , or from the ...
... laws , have interchangeably tried and ex- hibited every possible mode of rencounter ; sometimes repelled from each other by concussion , and some- times adhering to each other from their own jagged or pointed construction , or from the ...
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acid action already observed animal animal and vegetable appears Aristotle Aristoxenus arteries atmosphere atoms attraction birds blood bodies bones called capable carbone carbonic acid cause chiefly chyle common compound conceived consequence consists constitutes cotyledon curious cuticle Cuvier degree denominated distinct doctrine earth elementary Empedocles Epicurus equally eternal existence fibres fishes fluid formation gastric juice gneiss gravitation harmony heat hence hypothesis infinite divisibility insects instances irritability kind lacteals laws lecture less Lucretius lungs manner mass material matter means mineral minute motion muscles muscular nature organs origin oxyde oxygene particles peculiar perfect perhaps perpetually petrifactions phænomena Phil philosophers plants Plato possess present principle produced properties proportion putrefaction Pythagoras quadrupeds radicles regarded rocks secernent secreted seeds skin solid species stomach substance supposed surface theory thing traced Trans tree tribes vapour variety various veins vessels visible whole worms zoophytes
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Página 40 - From Harmony, from heavenly Harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
Página 185 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then THY sun...
Página 20 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.
Página 18 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Página 60 - While the Particles continue entire, they may compose Bodies of one and the same Nature and Texture in all Ages : But should they wear away, or break in pieces, the Nature of Things depending on them would be changed.