Nature of the material worldLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1834 - Natural history |
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... attraction and repulsion . There is such a charm in novelty , that it often leads us captive in despite of the most glaring errors , and intoxicates our judgment as fatally as the cup of Circe . It is upon this ground alone we can ac ...
... attraction and repulsion . There is such a charm in novelty , that it often leads us captive in despite of the most glaring errors , and intoxicates our judgment as fatally as the cup of Circe . It is upon this ground alone we can ac ...
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... attraction by which bodies of all kinds act upon each other , with a force regulated by the ag- gregate proportion of their respective quantities of matter , and decreasing as the squares of the dis- tances increase . It is a principle ...
... attraction by which bodies of all kinds act upon each other , with a force regulated by the ag- gregate proportion of their respective quantities of matter , and decreasing as the squares of the dis- tances increase . It is a principle ...
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... attraction is in astronomy denominated the centripetal force , and the term is sufficiently precise for all common purposes ; since , although , speaking with perfect strictness , the cen- tral point of no solid substance is the actual ...
... attraction is in astronomy denominated the centripetal force , and the term is sufficiently precise for all common purposes ; since , although , speaking with perfect strictness , the cen- tral point of no solid substance is the actual ...
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... attraction of the volcanic sphere from which it has been lanched does impede it , and equally so from every point of its surface : the consequence of which must necessarily be , that every step it advances over the parent orb it must be ...
... attraction of the volcanic sphere from which it has been lanched does impede it , and equally so from every point of its surface : the consequence of which must necessarily be , that every step it advances over the parent orb it must be ...
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... attraction , varying like the attraction of gravitation . The hypothesis in connexion with the existence of a repulsive force in common matter has a great advantage in point of simplicity , and may perhaps hereafter be capable of proof ...
... attraction , varying like the attraction of gravitation . The hypothesis in connexion with the existence of a repulsive force in common matter has a great advantage in point of simplicity , and may perhaps hereafter be capable of proof ...
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acid action already observed animal animal and vegetable appears Aristotle Aristoxenus arteries atmosphere atoms attraction birds blood bodies bones called capable carbone carbonic acid cause chiefly chyle common compound conceived consequence consists constitutes cotyledon curious cuticle Cuvier degree denominated distinct doctrine earth elementary Empedocles Epicurus equally eternal existence fibres fishes fluid formation gastric juice gneiss gravitation harmony heat hence hypothesis infinite divisibility insects instances irritability kind lacteals laws lecture less Lucretius lungs manner mass material matter means mineral minute motion muscles muscular nature organs origin oxyde oxygene particles peculiar perfect perhaps perpetually petrifactions phænomena Phil philosophers plants Plato possess present principle produced properties proportion putrefaction Pythagoras quadrupeds radicles regarded rocks secernent secreted seeds skin solid species stomach substance supposed surface theory thing traced Trans tree tribes vapour variety various veins vessels visible whole worms zoophytes
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Page 40 - From Harmony, from heavenly Harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
Page 185 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then THY sun...
Page 20 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.
Page 18 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 60 - While the Particles continue entire, they may compose Bodies of one and the same Nature and Texture in all Ages : But should they wear away, or break in pieces, the Nature of Things depending on them would be changed.