| John Masson - Atomism - 1907 - 494 pages
...a certain condition, shows us that there must be constantly going on a Dissipation of Energy. So ' if we could view the Universe as a candle not lit,...it rather as a candle that has been lit, we become abso1 ' Blows from without cannot hold together all the sum ' (ie, this world), though ' they can frequently... | |
| Charles London Arnold - God - 1907 - 316 pages
...this universe as a candle not lit, then it is, perhaps, conceivable to regard it as having always been in existence ; but if we regard it rather as a candle...that has been lit, we become absolutely certain that a time will come when it will cease to bum." These two scientists, in " The Unseen Universe," reach... | |
| Charles London Arnold - God - 1907 - 316 pages
...beginning and must have an end, for a process of degradation cannot be eternal. If we could regard this universe as a candle not lit, then it is, perhaps, conceivable to regard it as having always been in existence ; but if we regard it rather as a candle that has been lit, we become absolutely... | |
| Physics - 1880 - 502 pages
...is a system that had a beginning and must have an end ; for a process * Communicated by the Author. of degradation cannot be eternal. If we could view...it rather as a candle that has been lit, we become absolutelv certain that it cannot have been burning from eternity, and that a time will come when it... | |
| Surveying - 1910 - 584 pages
...certain condition, shows us that there must be constantly going on a dissipation of energy. If we would view the universe as a candle not lit, then it is,...having been always in existence ; but if we regard it as a candle that has been lit, we become absolutely certain that it cannot have been burning from eternity,... | |
| William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1874 - 552 pages
...be, effected in a single atom of the whole. Taking this for granted, Professor Stewart says: — " If we could view the universe as a candle not lit, then it ia, perhaps, conceivable to regard it as having been always in existence ; but if we regard it rather... | |
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