The Book of NatureJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 467 páginas |
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... observed in our last lecture , an uncontroverted maxim among all the Greek philosophers , of every sect and school whatever , that nothing could proceed from nothing , matter was of course conceived to have * See Young's Lectures , vol ...
... observed in our last lecture , an uncontroverted maxim among all the Greek philosophers , of every sect and school whatever , that nothing could proceed from nothing , matter was of course conceived to have * See Young's Lectures , vol ...
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... observed , is rather an assumption for the purpose of avoiding seve ral striking difficulties and absurdities that follow from a denial of these qualities , than an ascertained and established fact . From this unsatisfactory view of it ...
... observed , is rather an assumption for the purpose of avoiding seve ral striking difficulties and absurdities that follow from a denial of these qualities , than an ascertained and established fact . From this unsatisfactory view of it ...
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... observed , are immoveable , and cannot , therefore , either approach or recede . IMPENETRABILITY is the result of density , as density is of extension . It is that property in matter which prevents two bodies from occupying the same ...
... observed , are immoveable , and cannot , therefore , either approach or recede . IMPENETRABILITY is the result of density , as density is of extension . It is that property in matter which prevents two bodies from occupying the same ...
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... observed that , owing to its passivity , or VIS INERTIÆ , matter has a tendency to persevere in any given state , whether of motion or of rest , till opposed by some exterior power ; and that the path it assumes must necessarily be that ...
... observed that , owing to its passivity , or VIS INERTIÆ , matter has a tendency to persevere in any given state , whether of motion or of rest , till opposed by some exterior power ; and that the path it assumes must necessarily be that ...
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... observe on a former occasion , whether they be matter at all , whether mere properties of matter , or whether ... observed , farther , that Professor Robison has calculated the extent of this pressure from actual experiment , and ...
... observe on a former occasion , whether they be matter at all , whether mere properties of matter , or whether ... observed , farther , that Professor Robison has calculated the extent of this pressure from actual experiment , and ...
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