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... fact suggested the mineralogical analysis , and the second furnish- ed him with the laws on which he grounded his synthesis . Inquiries on the first fact . 1st , All crystals that can be split by means of instruments offer to the view ...
... fact suggested the mineralogical analysis , and the second furnish- ed him with the laws on which he grounded his synthesis . Inquiries on the first fact . 1st , All crystals that can be split by means of instruments offer to the view ...
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clothed it , place the principal fact beyond the bounds of probability , or demonstrate its impossibility . 10. " It is evident that the possibility of the principal fact , and of the foundation of this story , consists in the ...
clothed it , place the principal fact beyond the bounds of probability , or demonstrate its impossibility . 10. " It is evident that the possibility of the principal fact , and of the foundation of this story , consists in the ...
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... fact . For it often happens in history , that different authors attribute the same fact to different men , without our regarding the fact itself as fabulous . Of this we have an example in the erec- tion of this very tower , the Pharos ...
... fact . For it often happens in history , that different authors attribute the same fact to different men , without our regarding the fact itself as fabulous . Of this we have an example in the erec- tion of this very tower , the Pharos ...
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History of Astronomy for the Year 1803 Read at | 10 |
Gerions Errors | 14 |
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