The Book of NatureJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 467 sivua |
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Sivu 36
... direct proportion to its subtility , its levity , its activity , its refined ethereal or spiritualized modification of being . Water is as much a compound as any of the earths , yet we have strong reason for believing that for the most ...
... direct proportion to its subtility , its levity , its activity , its refined ethereal or spiritualized modification of being . Water is as much a compound as any of the earths , yet we have strong reason for believing that for the most ...
Sivu 40
... direct the attention to the two fol- lowing very extraordinary facts , to place him beyond the reach of panegyric ; the first of which has occasionally furnished reflection for other writers , though the latter remains unnoticed to the ...
... direct the attention to the two fol- lowing very extraordinary facts , to place him beyond the reach of panegyric ; the first of which has occasionally furnished reflection for other writers , though the latter remains unnoticed to the ...
Sivu 47
... direct repugnancy to the Atomic philosophy , whether of ancient or more recent times , have been very generally conceived to have been formed first ; to be peculiarly simple in their composition , indecomposable by any known powers in ...
... direct repugnancy to the Atomic philosophy , whether of ancient or more recent times , have been very generally conceived to have been formed first ; to be peculiarly simple in their composition , indecomposable by any known powers in ...
Sivu 54
... direct course ; and as soon as the projectile or planet has acquired the exact point in which the two . an- tagonist powers precisely balance each other - the power of flying off from the centre , communicated to it by the volcanic ...
... direct course ; and as soon as the projectile or planet has acquired the exact point in which the two . an- tagonist powers precisely balance each other - the power of flying off from the centre , communicated to it by the volcanic ...
Sivu 57
... direct and awful stamp , LECTURE V. ON THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER , ESSENTIAL AND PECULIAR , ( The subject continued . ) We closed our last lecture with remarks on the universal operation of the common principle of gravity over matter in ...
... direct and awful stamp , LECTURE V. ON THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER , ESSENTIAL AND PECULIAR , ( The subject continued . ) We closed our last lecture with remarks on the universal operation of the common principle of gravity over matter in ...
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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