The Book of NatureJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 467 páginas |
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... consequence of its having given the sun an oblique stroke in the course of its orbit ; the chaos of the earth being thus formed by the vapoury substance of the impinging comet uniting with a por- tion of the sun's igneous mass ; and in ...
... consequence of its having given the sun an oblique stroke in the course of its orbit ; the chaos of the earth being thus formed by the vapoury substance of the impinging comet uniting with a por- tion of the sun's igneous mass ; and in ...
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... consequence to be passed over in a course of physical investigation . The tenet of an infinite divisibility of matter , whether in ancient or modern times , appears to have been a mere invention for the purpose of avoiding one or two ...
... consequence to be passed over in a course of physical investigation . The tenet of an infinite divisibility of matter , whether in ancient or modern times , appears to have been a mere invention for the purpose of avoiding one or two ...
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... consequence , not unfrequently contemplated as the same thing - as the models or arche- types after which the world in all its parts is framed - as the cause of entity to visible beings : τοῖς ἀριθμοὺς αἰτίους εἶναι τῆς οὐσίας . * And ...
... consequence , not unfrequently contemplated as the same thing - as the models or arche- types after which the world in all its parts is framed - as the cause of entity to visible beings : τοῖς ἀριθμοὺς αἰτίους εἶναι τῆς οὐσίας . * And ...
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... consequence of which must necessarily be , that every step it advances over the parent orb it must be equally drawn back or reined in , and hence its rectilinear path must be converted into a curve or parabola , and a tendency be given ...
... consequence of which must necessarily be , that every step it advances over the parent orb it must be equally drawn back or reined in , and hence its rectilinear path must be converted into a curve or parabola , and a tendency be given ...
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... consequence of its very limited range , has felt a strong propensity to question gravity as forming an essential property of matter itself , and to account for it from another source . " To show , " says he , " that I do not take ...
... consequence of its very limited range , has felt a strong propensity to question gravity as forming an essential property of matter itself , and to account for it from another source . " To show , " says he , " that I do not take ...
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