Nature of the material worldLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1834 |
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... vessels containing such solutions . Camphor displays a like affinity for light . All this , however , shows merely that light possesses an influence of some kind ; but it by no means establishes that such in- fluence is a material one ...
... vessels containing such solutions . Camphor displays a like affinity for light . All this , however , shows merely that light possesses an influence of some kind ; but it by no means establishes that such in- fluence is a material one ...
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... vessels be , and how much more so the particles of which they are constituted , and the particles of the fluids which flow through them ! And how infinite , as to the intellectual conception , the divisibility which here exists ...
... vessels be , and how much more so the particles of which they are constituted , and the particles of the fluids which flow through them ! And how infinite , as to the intellectual conception , the divisibility which here exists ...
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... vessel of water , rises rapidly to the surface . But , in all these phænomena , the bodies that seem to move upwards merely give way to bodies of a heavier kind , or , in other words , which have a stronger tendency towards the earth ...
... vessel of water , rises rapidly to the surface . But , in all these phænomena , the bodies that seem to move upwards merely give way to bodies of a heavier kind , or , in other words , which have a stronger tendency towards the earth ...
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... vessel that was ever manu- factured ; so that at length every particle of the fluid is converted into a substance of their own nature . A few pestilential miasms are thrown forth from a stagnant marsh or a foul prison , and give birth ...
... vessel that was ever manu- factured ; so that at length every particle of the fluid is converted into a substance of their own nature . A few pestilential miasms are thrown forth from a stagnant marsh or a foul prison , and give birth ...
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... vessels . Through the * Compare Knight's General Theory of Vegetable Physio- logy , Horticultural Transactions , vol . i . p . 217. with Nichol- son's Journal , vol . xxxii . p . 350 . of former of these it absorbs the moisture of the ...
... vessels . Through the * Compare Knight's General Theory of Vegetable Physio- logy , Horticultural Transactions , vol . i . p . 217. with Nichol- son's Journal , vol . xxxii . p . 350 . of former of these it absorbs the moisture of 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.