The Book of NatureJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 467 páginas |
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... give it from the first the general order and harmony and perfection that prevail at present ? or did he merely produce a vast central and aggregate chaos , as the rude basis of future worlds , the parent - stock or storehouse from which ...
... give it from the first the general order and harmony and perfection that prevail at present ? or did he merely produce a vast central and aggregate chaos , as the rude basis of future worlds , the parent - stock or storehouse from which ...
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... give its minute particles unity ; sometimes forming new stars by its condensation , and often feeding and regenerating those that are exhausted . Such is a brief survey of the chief theories of the primitive or elementary substance of ...
... give its minute particles unity ; sometimes forming new stars by its condensation , and often feeding and regenerating those that are exhausted . Such is a brief survey of the chief theories of the primitive or elementary substance of ...
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... give to the former , in like manner , the whole possession of its quiescence , and the state of each will be completely reversed : the ball hitherto at rest proceeding with all the velocity of that hitherto in motion , and the ball ...
... give to the former , in like manner , the whole possession of its quiescence , and the state of each will be completely reversed : the ball hitherto at rest proceeding with all the velocity of that hitherto in motion , and the ball ...
Página 53
... give way to bodies of a heavier kind , or , in other words , which have a stronger tendency towards the earth . Thus smoke and vapour only ascend , because the surrounding air , which is heavier than these , presses downwards and takes ...
... give way to bodies of a heavier kind , or , in other words , which have a stronger tendency towards the earth . Thus smoke and vapour only ascend , because the surrounding air , which is heavier than these , presses downwards and takes ...
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... give a glance at two out of various theories by which gravitation has been attempted to be accounted for . The phenomenon is , that although owing to this power , all bodies have a tendency to come into contact , they never come into ...
... give a glance at two out of various theories by which gravitation has been attempted to be accounted for . The phenomenon is , that although owing to this power , all bodies have a tendency to come into contact , they never come into ...
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