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... derived , and which , having re- sisted the usual agents of decomposition , we are to regard as Elementary or Simple . I propose to shew , that we are not entitled to regard these bodies as elementary or simple , be- cause we have been ...
... derived , and which , having re- sisted the usual agents of decomposition , we are to regard as Elementary or Simple . I propose to shew , that we are not entitled to regard these bodies as elementary or simple , be- cause we have been ...
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... derived from other forms of matter . This is the utmost degree of gene- Falization to which I shall attempt to conduct the reader , for the purpose of shewing , that such generalization is consistent with the conclusions which had been ...
... derived from other forms of matter . This is the utmost degree of gene- Falization to which I shall attempt to conduct the reader , for the purpose of shewing , that such generalization is consistent with the conclusions which had been ...
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... and the other to be derived from no other bodies ; but to be , as it were , distinct products of nature , each formed of particles proper to itself . It is not enough that we explain the meaning which we attach CHEMICAL ELEMENTS,
... and the other to be derived from no other bodies ; but to be , as it were , distinct products of nature , each formed of particles proper to itself . It is not enough that we explain the meaning which we attach CHEMICAL ELEMENTS,
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... derived from a few minerals of the rarest occurrence , and some of them found only in minute quan- tity , associated with some other substance , which they re- semble in their general characters . The latest discovered , Lantanum , was ...
... derived from a few minerals of the rarest occurrence , and some of them found only in minute quan- tity , associated with some other substance , which they re- semble in their general characters . The latest discovered , Lantanum , was ...
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... derive one substance from another , until we arrive at roots or elements which we cannot further decompose . But this proves , in no degree , that the law of continuity is broken at the point where our means of further analysis fail ...
... derive one substance from another , until we arrive at roots or elements which we cannot further decompose . But this proves , in no degree , that the law of continuity is broken at the point where our means of further analysis fail ...
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