The Book of NatureJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 467 páginas |
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... common doc- trine of his day : - gigni De nihilo nil , in nihilum nil posse reverti . † Naught springs from naught , and can to naught return . The Greeks themselves , however , seem to have received it from the East , and to have ...
... common doc- trine of his day : - gigni De nihilo nil , in nihilum nil posse reverti . † Naught springs from naught , and can to naught return . The Greeks themselves , however , seem to have received it from the East , and to have ...
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... common substance ; that it is volcanic in its structure , and subject to eruptions of inconceivable force and violence ; that the sun and every other luminary of every other system were thrown forth from it at different times , by the ...
... common substance ; that it is volcanic in its structure , and subject to eruptions of inconceivable force and violence ; that the sun and every other luminary of every other system were thrown forth from it at different times , by the ...
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... common capacities . There are various examples of the Macedonian stater or gold coin , struck in the reign of Philip , at this time preserved in the rich cabinet of the Flo rence gallery , * which , though they have continued in ...
... common capacities . There are various examples of the Macedonian stater or gold coin , struck in the reign of Philip , at this time preserved in the rich cabinet of the Flo rence gallery , * which , though they have continued in ...
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... common definition of matter , and to con- tend that matter does not necessarily possess gravitation or aggregation.t The materiality of light has been attempted to be proved by its effects on solutions of muriate of ammonia and ...
... common definition of matter , and to con- tend that matter does not necessarily possess gravitation or aggregation.t The materiality of light has been attempted to be proved by its effects on solutions of muriate of ammonia and ...
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... common nature of the corpuscle which has produced them , must necessarily , it is added , be capable of a still farther division ; and as such divisions can have no assignable limit , matter must necessarily and essentially be divisible ...
... common nature of the corpuscle which has produced them , must necessarily , it is added , be capable of a still farther division ; and as such divisions can have no assignable limit , matter must necessarily and essentially be divisible ...
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Términos y frases comunes
action adverted already observed animals appears Aristotle birds blood body brain called capable carbonic acid character chiefly colour common consequence consists constitutes Cuvier degree denominated derived distinct doctrine earth Epicurus equally existence external senses fact faculty farther feeling fishes fluid former gastric juice genus glottis Greek happiness heart heat hence hippopotamus human hypothesis ideas important innate ideas insects instances instinct intelligence kind knowledge lacteals language larynx Lect lecture less Lucretius mankind manner material matter means mind Misor moral muscles nature never objects occasionally organs origin oxygen passions peculiar perfect perhaps perpetually petrifactions philosophers physiologists plants Plato possess present principle produced proof prove Pythagoras quadrupeds racters reason respect sensation solid soul species stomach substance supposed taste term theory thing tion traced tribes truth variety various vegetable ventriloquism whence whole words worms zoophytes