The Book of NatureJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 467 páginas |
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... fluids , the last of which seems in truth to be only a peculiar modification of the second , together with other substances or qualities which in subtilty and activity have a considerable resemblance to them , as light and the magnetic ...
... fluids , the last of which seems in truth to be only a peculiar modification of the second , together with other substances or qualities which in subtilty and activity have a considerable resemblance to them , as light and the magnetic ...
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... fluids and caloric are material as well as the fluid of light ; but , to do this , he is compelled to alter the common definition of matter , and to con- tend that matter does not necessarily possess gravitation or aggregation.t The ...
... fluids and caloric are material as well as the fluid of light ; but , to do this , he is compelled to alter the common definition of matter , and to con- tend that matter does not necessarily possess gravitation or aggregation.t The ...
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... fluid , existing independently of all stars or planets , though origin- ally , perhaps , emitted from them ; aggregated by a variety of causes that tend to give its minute particles unity ; sometimes forming new stars by its ...
... fluid , existing independently of all stars or planets , though origin- ally , perhaps , emitted from them ; aggregated by a variety of causes that tend to give its minute particles unity ; sometimes forming new stars by its ...
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... fluids , we know nothing but from their effects , and can only say of each - stat nominis umbra . Is physical science , then , a vain show ? -a mere house of cards , built up for the sole purpose of being pulled down again ? -Assuredly ...
... fluids , we know nothing but from their effects , and can only say of each - stat nominis umbra . Is physical science , then , a vain show ? -a mere house of cards , built up for the sole purpose of being pulled down again ? -Assuredly ...
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... fluids appears to admit a part of the other fluid into its pores ; a fact of which there can be but little doubt , since , if no evaporation be allowed to take place , though the bulk of the mixture is somewhat diminished , its weight ...
... fluids appears to admit a part of the other fluid into its pores ; a fact of which there can be but little doubt , since , if no evaporation be allowed to take place , though the bulk of the mixture is somewhat diminished , its weight ...
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