The Book of NatureJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 467 páginas |
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... become sufficiently cool to enable mankind to see , as every one sees at present , that the difficulties chargeable upon the doctrine of an infinite divisibility of matter are not touched by the present theory , and remain in as full ...
... become sufficiently cool to enable mankind to see , as every one sees at present , that the difficulties chargeable upon the doctrine of an infinite divisibility of matter are not touched by the present theory , and remain in as full ...
Página 45
... become the product of the other ? It is unnecessary to pursue this refutation . The lesson which the whole of such fine - spun and fanciful hypotheses teach us , and teach us equally , is , that it is impossible to philosophize without ...
... become the product of the other ? It is unnecessary to pursue this refutation . The lesson which the whole of such fine - spun and fanciful hypotheses teach us , and teach us equally , is , that it is impossible to philosophize without ...
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... become our charioteer in the slow and sober journey of analysis . 66 Before we quit this subject , let us , in the candid spirit of genuine philoso- phy , do the same justice to Epicurus as we attempted in our last lecture to Pythagoras ...
... become our charioteer in the slow and sober journey of analysis . 66 Before we quit this subject , let us , in the candid spirit of genuine philoso- phy , do the same justice to Epicurus as we attempted in our last lecture to Pythagoras ...
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... become a satellite to the earth , and perpetually revolve around it at this distance . The moon is sup- posed to have no atmosphere , or , at the utmost , one rarer than we can pro- duce with our best air - pumps : she is also supposed ...
... become a satellite to the earth , and perpetually revolve around it at this distance . The moon is sup- posed to have no atmosphere , or , at the utmost , one rarer than we can pro- duce with our best air - pumps : she is also supposed ...
Página 52
... become a satel- lite to the earth , or be precipitated to its surface , according as the rectilinear force of the projectile was equal or inferior to the attractive force of the earth at their first meeting together . Yet this is ...
... become a satel- lite to the earth , or be precipitated to its surface , according as the rectilinear force of the projectile was equal or inferior to the attractive force of the earth at their first meeting together . Yet this is ...
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